Buffer under-read in workerd
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and GitHub. Impact type from CWE-190 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Prior to version v1.20230419.0, the FormData API implementation was subject to an integer overflow. If a FormData instance contained more than 2^31 elements, the forEach() method could end up reading from the wrong location in memory while iterating over elements. This would most likely lead to a segmentation fault, but could theoretically allow arbitrary undefined behavior. In order for the bug to be exploitable, the process would need to be able to allocate 160GB of RAM. Due to this, the bug was never exploitable on the Cloudflare Workers platform, but could theoretically be exploitable on deployments of workerd running on machines with a huge amount of memory. Moreover, in order to be remotely exploited, an attacker would have to upload a single form-encoded HTTP request of at least tens of gigabytes in size. The application code would then have to use request.formData() to parse the request and formData.forEach() to iterate over this data. Due to these limitations, the exploitation likelihood was considered Low. A fix that addresses this vulnerability has been released in version v1.20230419.0 and users are encouraged to update to the latest version available.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cloudflare | workerd | v1.20221108.0 – v1.20230404.0 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
| — | workerd (npm) | before 1.20230419.0 | 1.20230419.0 | Patch available | GHSA-8vx6-69vg-c46f |
- workerd VendorCloudflare Affected v1.20221108.0 – v1.20230404.0 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- workerd (npm) Vendor— Affected before 1.20230419.0 Fixed in 1.20230419.0 Patch available GHSA-8vx6-69vg-c46f
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:cloudflare:workerd:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* | before 1.20230419.0 | Vulnerable | Cloudflare |
- cpe:2.3:a:cloudflare:workerd:*:*:*:*:*:node.js:*:* Versions before 1.20230419.0 Vulnerable ·Cloudflare
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-8vx6-69vg-c46f workerd (npm) Fixed in 1.20230419.0 Advisory →
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2023-2512
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8vx6-69vg-c46f
References
Sources
- CVE-2023-2512 · CVE Program
- CVE-2023-2512 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8vx6-69vg-c46f · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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