CVE-2024-7708

Buffer Leak During HTTP Body Parsing Leads to Resource Exhaustion in Eclipse Jetty

Published Jul 14, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
For requests that have a body, but reading the body may end up in reading 0 bytes, there is a buffer leak.
This is particularly the case for 100-Continue, but any request where the network is slow can leak.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-9299-c6m4-mjhc Eclipse Jetty: DoS attack triggering OutOfMemory with 100-Continue requests
History
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Title Buffer Leak During HTTP Body Parsing Leads to Resource Exhaustion in Eclipse Jetty
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Title Jetty Buffer Leak Leading to Memory Exhaustion via 100-Continue
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Title Jetty Buffer Leak Leading to Memory Exhaustion via 100-Continue
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Title Buffer Leak from Empty Body Reads in Eclipse Jetty
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Title Buffer Leak from Empty Body Reads in Eclipse Jetty
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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

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First Time appeared Eclipse
Eclipse jetty
Vendors & Products Eclipse
Eclipse jetty
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Description For requests that have a body, but reading the body may end up in reading 0 bytes, there is a buffer leak. This is particularly the case for 100-Continue, but any request where the network is slow can leak.
Weaknesses CWE-400
CWE-401
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
eclipse
Published
Updated
Jul 14, 2026, 12:17 PM
Reserved
Aug 12, 2024, 4:15 PM
Status
Analyzed
Published
Jul 14, 2026, 9:16 AM
Modified
Oct 2, 2026, 12:10 AM