Advisories

File Browser through 2.63.23 Memory Exhaustion via subtitle endpoint

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severity
high
date
Affecting
  • filebrowser <= 2.63.23

CWE
  • CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
CVSS
7.1
CVSS V4 Vector
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
Credit
1diot9
Description
File Browser through 2.63.23 contains a memory exhaustion vulnerability in the subtitle conversion endpoint that loads entire subtitle files into memory without size limits. Authenticated attackers with download permission can request conversion of large .srt, .ass, or .ssa files and exhaust server memory through concurrent requests, causing denial of service.

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