cve/2023/CVE-2023-4540.md

### [CVE-2023-4540](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-4540)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Product&message=lua-http&color=blue)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Version&message=0%3C%20commit%20ddab283%20&color=brighgreen)
![](https://img.shields.io/static/v1?label=Vulnerability&message=CWE-755%20Improper%20Handling%20of%20Exceptional%20Conditions&color=brighgreen)

### Description

Improper Handling of Exceptional Conditions vulnerability in Daurnimator lua-http library allows Excessive Allocation and a denial of service (DoS) attack to be executed by sending a properly crafted request to the server. This issue affects lua-http: all versions before commit ddab283.

### POC

#### Reference
No PoCs from references.

#### Github
- https://github.com/fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds