CVE-2019-9517 HIGH

CVE-2019-9517: Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to unconstrained interal data buffering, potentially leading to a denial of service

Vendor N/A
Product n/a
Weakness CWE-400
Published August 13, 2019
Last update August 4, 2024

CVSS base score

7.5/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to unconstrained interal data buffering, potentially leading to a denial of service. The attacker opens the HTTP/2 window so the peer can send without constraint; however, they leave the TCP window closed so the peer cannot actually write (many of) the bytes on the wire. The attacker then sends a stream of requests for a large response object. Depending on how the servers queue the responses, this can consume excess memory, CPU, or both.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

August 13, 2019 CVE published
August 4, 2024 Record updated