CVE-2024-27316
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · Resource exhaustion
7.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
HTTP/2 incoming headers exceeding the limit are temporarily buffered in nghttp2 in order to generate an informative HTTP 413 response. If a client does not stop sending headers, this leads to memory exhaustion.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)88%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (2)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/18
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/04/4
- https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT214119
- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/03/16
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jul/18
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/04/04/4
- https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html