CVE-2025-53537

LibHTP's memory leak with lzma can lead to resource starvation

State
Published
Severity
7.5 High
Published
Jul 23, 2025
Updated
Jul 23, 2025
Reserved
Jul 2, 2025

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Description

LibHTP is a security-aware parser for the HTTP protocol and its related bits and pieces. In versions 0.5.50 and below, there is a traffic-induced memory leak that can starve the process of memory, leading to loss of visibility. To workaround this issue, set `suricata.yaml app-layer.protocols.http.libhtp.default-config.lzma-enabled` to false. This issue is fixed in version 0.5.51.

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HGitHub_M

Weaknesses

  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

Affected Products

ProductVersions
libhtpOISF
  • < 0.5.51Affected

References

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