CVE-2019-9518 HIGH

CVE-2019-9518: Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to a flood of empty frames, 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 a flood of empty frames, potentially leading to a denial of service. The attacker sends a stream of frames with an empty payload and without the end-of-stream flag. These frames can be DATA, HEADERS, CONTINUATION and/or PUSH_PROMISE. The peer spends time processing each frame disproportionate to attack bandwidth. This can consume excess CPU.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

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