Eclipse Jetty buffer leak on 100-Continue causing 0-byte reads
CVE-2024-7708 Published on July 14, 2026
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.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2024-7708 is exploitable with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.
Weakness Types
What is a Resource Exhaustion Vulnerability?
The software does not properly control the allocation and maintenance of a limited resource, thereby enabling an actor to influence the amount of resources consumed, eventually leading to the exhaustion of available resources.
CVE-2024-7708 has been classified to as a Resource Exhaustion vulnerability or weakness.
What is a Memory Leak Vulnerability?
The software does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. This is often triggered by improper handling of malformed data or unexpectedly interrupted sessions. In some languages, developers are responsible for tracking memory allocation and releasing the memory. If there are no more pointers or references to the memory, then it can no longer be tracked and identified for release.
CVE-2024-7708 has been classified to as a Memory Leak vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2024-7708
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Affected Versions
Eclipse Foundation Eclipse Jetty:- Version 10.0.7 and below 10.0.23 is affected.
- Version 11.0.7 and below 11.0.23 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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