Bug 2446713 (CVE-2026-31870) - CVE-2026-31870 cpp-httplib: cpp-httplib: Denial of Service via malformed Content-Length header
Summary: CVE-2026-31870 cpp-httplib: cpp-httplib: Denial of Service via malformed Cont...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2026-31870
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Depends On: 2446925 2446926
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Reported: 2026-03-11 19:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-03-12 14:52 UTC (History)
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Github yhirose/cpp-httplib/security/advisories/GHSA-39q5-hh6x-jpxx 0 None None None 2026-03-12 14:52:39 UTC

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2026-03-11 19:01:55 UTC
cpp-httplib is a C++11 single-file header-only cross platform HTTP/HTTPS library. Prior to 0.37.1, when a cpp-httplib client uses the streaming API (httplib::stream::Get, httplib::stream::Post, etc.), the library calls std::stoull() directly on the Content-Length header value received from the server with no input validation and no exception handling. std::stoull throws std::invalid_argument for non-numeric strings and std::out_of_range for values exceeding ULLONG_MAX. Since nothing catches these exceptions, the C++ runtime calls std::terminate(), which kills the process with SIGABRT. Any server the client connects to — including servers reached via HTTP redirects, third-party APIs, or man-in-the-middle positions can crash the client application with a single HTTP response. No authentication is required. No interaction from the end user is required. The crash is deterministic and immediate. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.37.1.

Comment 2 Petr Menšík 2026-03-12 14:52:40 UTC
Upstream security advisory: https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/security/advisories/GHSA-39q5-hh6x-jpxx


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