CVE-2016-1544 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption in Nghttp2

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource ConsumptionCWE-20 — Improper Input Validation9 documents7 sources
Severity
3.3LOWNVD
EPSS
1.6%
top 18.34%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
Nghttp2Fedoraproject Fedora
Timeline
PublishedFeb 6
Latest updateMay 24

Description

nghttp2 before 1.7.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion).

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:LExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 1.4

Affected Packages3 packages

▶NVDnghttp2/nghttp2< 1.7.1
▶Debiannghttp2/nghttp2< 1.7.1-1+3
▶CVEListV5nghttp2/nghttp2before 1.7.1

Also affects: Fedora 22, 23

Patches

Patch: lists.fedoraproject.org ↗Patch: lists.fedoraproject.org ↗Patch: bugzilla.redhat.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-32wx-5655-89rw: nghttp2 before 1↗2022-05-24
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OSV
CVE-2016-1544: nghttp2 before 1↗2020-02-06
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CVEList
CVE-2016-1544: nghttp2 before 1↗2020-02-06
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
nghttp2: out of memory error due to unlimited incoming HTTP header fields↗2016-02-11
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Debian
CVE-2016-1544: nghttp2 - nghttp2 before 1.7.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memor...↗2016
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💬Community

3
Bugzilla
CVE-2016-1544 nghttp2: out of memory error due to unlimited incoming HTTP header fields [fedora-all]↗2016-02-15
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-1544 nghttp2: out of memory error due to unlimited incoming HTTP header fields↗2016-02-15
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Bugzilla
CVE-2016-1544 nghttp2: out of memory error due to unlimited incoming HTTP header fields [epel-7]↗2016-02-15
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