Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

CVE-2025-0695

Summary

An Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Cesanta Frozen versions less than 1.7 allows an attacker to induce a crash of the component embedding the library by supplying a maliciously crafted JSON as input.

Impact

An attacker may cause a Denial-of-Service (DoS) condition on the component embedding the library.

Issue Date

January 31, 2025

Affects

This issue affects: Cesanta Frozen below version 1.7.

CVE Name

CVE-2025-0695

CVSS Details

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

CVSS Score

5.3

Solution

Update to Cesanta Frozen version 1.7.

Mitigations

Acknowledgements

Diego Zaffaroni of Nozomi Networks

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