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ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Loop termination conditions
MITRE ATT&CK
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Sep 15, 2026
A crafted WebSocket frame can pin a worker thread and exhaust memory in the http4s Scala HTTP library, causing denial of service on servers built with the Ember backend. The flaw lies in WebSocket FrameTranscoder.bodyLength, which rejects extended payload lengths above Integer.MAX_VALUE but accepts negative 64-bit lengths; a remote client that completes a WebSocket handshake can send such a frame, and the decoder then returns an empty frame without advancing its input, so the decode loop spins forever while an ArrayBuffer grows without bound. Versions prior to 0.23.35 and 1.0.0-M47 are affected, and both fix releases are available; no public exploit tooling was identified at time of analysis, though the trigger frame is easily reconstructed from the public regression test added in the fix commit.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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2DescriptionCVE.org
Http4s is a Scala interface for HTTP services. Prior to 0.23.35 and 1.0.0-M47, WebSocket FrameTranscoder.bodyLength rejects extended payload lengths above Integer.MAX_VALUE but permits negative 64-bit lengths. A remote client that completes a WebSocket handshake through an Ember server can send such a frame, causing the decoder to return an empty frame without advancing its input. The decode loop then runs indefinitely, pins a worker at full CPU, and grows an ArrayBuffer without bound, resulting in denial of service. This issue is fixed in versions 0.23.35 and 1.0.0-M47.
Technical POC Analysis
CWE-835 (Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition), with CWE-1284 (Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input) as the underlying validation defect.
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Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
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