CVE-2022-3212 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2022-3212

DoS in axum-core due to missing request size limit

Vulnerability Description

<bytes::Bytes as axum_core::extract::FromRequest>::from_request would not, by default, set a limit for the size of the request body. That meant if a malicious peer would send a very large (or infinite) body your server might run out of memory and crash. This also applies to these extractors which used Bytes::from_request internally: axum::extract::Form axum::extract::Json String

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

axum-core
Vulnerable Versions:
0.3.0-rc.1, unspecified

Timeline

Official Publish: September 14th, 2022
Last Modified: August 3rd, 2024
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-770

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

T1499 Endpoint Denial of Service
Impact
T1498 Network Denial of Service
Impact
T1190 Exploit Public-Facing Application
Initial Access
T1562 Impair Defenses
Defense Evasion
T1046 Network Service Discovery
Discovery