CVE-2025-46807

File Descriptor Exhaustion in sslh-select and sslh-ev triggers SEGFAULT

HIGH
8.7
CVSS Score
Published: June 2, 2025 at 11:29 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:26 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSslh

Using sslh by https://github.com/yrutschle/sslh/releases/tag/v2.2.4?

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Severity
HIGH8.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

? ≤ v < 2.2.4?
Affected range stops below 2.2.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

8.7HIGHsuse
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-770

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