CVE-2025-53629

Publication date 10 July 2025

Last updated 23 February 2026

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

cpp-httplib is a C++11 single-file header-only cross platform HTTP/HTTPS library. Prior to 0.23.0, incoming requests using Transfer-Encoding: chunked in the header can allocate memory arbitrarily in the server, potentially leading to its exhaustion. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.23.0. NOTE: This vulnerability is related to CVE-2025-53628.

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
cpp-httplib	26.04 LTS resolute	Vulnerable
	25.10 questing	Vulnerable
	25.04 plucky	Ignored end of life, was needs-triage
	24.04 LTS noble	Vulnerable
	22.04 LTS jammy	Vulnerable

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
cpp-httplib	Upstream: 17ba303

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 7.5 · High

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

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