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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2020-27813

An integer overflow vulnerability exists with the length of websocket frames received via a websocket connection. An attacker would use this flaw to cause a denial of service attack on an HTTP Server allowing websocket connections.

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CVE-2020-27813
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31 Oct 2026, 11:10 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2020-27813

core-osv · Original source

Published 2 Dec 2020, 01:15 UTC

An integer overflow vulnerability exists with the length of websocket frames received via a websocket connection. An attacker would use this flaw to cause a denial of service attack on an HTTP Server allowing websocket connections.

osv:CVE-2020-27813
Complete source record
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