{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2026-31870", "assignerOrgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "GitHub_M", "dateReserved": "2026-03-09T19:02:25.014Z", "datePublished": "2026-03-11T17:57:49.744Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-03-11T17:57:49.744Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"title": "cpp-httplib Affected by Remote Process Crash via Malformed Content-Length Response Header", "problemTypes": [{"descriptions": [{"cweId": "CWE-248", "lang": "en", "description": "CWE-248: Uncaught Exception", "type": "CWE"}]}], "metrics": [{"cvssV3_1": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "NETWORK", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 7.5, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "NONE", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1"}}], "references": [{"name": "https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/security/advisories/GHSA-39q5-hh6x-jpxx", "tags": ["x_refsource_CONFIRM"], "url": "https://github.com/yhirose/cpp-httplib/security/advisories/GHSA-39q5-hh6x-jpxx"}], "affected": [{"vendor": "yhirose", "product": "cpp-httplib", "versions": [{"version": "< 0.37.1", "status": "affected"}]}], "providerMetadata": {"orgId": "a0819718-46f1-4df5-94e2-005712e83aaa", "shortName": "GitHub_M", "dateUpdated": "2026-03-11T17:57:49.744Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "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 \u2014 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."}], "source": {"advisory": "GHSA-39q5-hh6x-jpxx", "discovery": "UNKNOWN"}}}}

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