CVE-2025-46807: File Descriptor Exhaustion in sslh-select and sslh-ev triggers SEGFAULT

8.7 CVSS

Description

A Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in sslh allows attackers to easily exhaust the file descriptors in sslh and deny legitimate users service.This issue affects sslh before 2.2.4.

Classification

CVE ID: CVE-2025-46807

CVSS Base Severity: HIGH

CVSS Base Score: 8.7

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Problem Types

CWE-770: Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Affected Products

Vendor: https://github.com/yrutschle/sslh/releases/tag/v2.2.4

Product: sslh

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)

EPSS Score: 0.04% (probability of being exploited)

EPSS Percentile: 12.4% (scored less or equal to compared to others)

EPSS Date: 2025-06-07 (when was this score calculated)

References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-46807
https://github.com/yrutschle/sslh/releases/tag/v2.2.4
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2025-46807

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