Severity
7.5HIGH
EPSS
3.6%
top 12.14%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedAug 13
Latest updateMay 24

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages14 packages

NVDnodejs/node.js8.9.08.16.1+4
NVDmcafee/web_gateway7.7.2.07.7.2.24+2
Ubuntunetty< 1:4.1.7-4ubuntu0.1+esm1

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 9.0, Fedora 29, 30, Ubuntu Linux 16.04, 18.04, 19.04, Enterprise Linux 8.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-93p3-5r25-4p75: Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to a flood of empty frames, potentially leading to a denial of service2022-05-24
OSV
netty vulnerabilities2021-06-29
OSV
CVE-2019-9518: Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to a flood of empty frames, potentially leading to a denial of service2019-08-13
CVEList
Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to a flood of empty frames, potentially leading to a denial of service2019-08-13

📋Vendor Advisories

5
Ubuntu
Netty vulnerabilities2021-06-29
Microsoft
HTTP/2 Server Denial of Service Vulnerability2019-08-13
Apple
CVE-2019-9518: SwiftNIO HTTP/2 1.5.02019-08-13
Red Hat
HTTP/2: flood using empty frames results in excessive resource consumption2019-08-13
Debian
CVE-2019-9518: trafficserver - Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to a flood of empty frames, potential...2019

💬Community

6
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-9518 undertow: HTTP/2: flood using empty frames results in excessive resource consumption [fedora-all]2019-09-03
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-9518 nodejs: HTTP/2: flood using empty frames results in excessive resources consumption [fedora-all]2019-08-16
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-9518 nginx: HTTP/2: flood using empty frames results in excessive resource consumption [epel-all]2019-08-16
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-9518 nodejs: HTTP/2: flood using empty frames results in excessive resource consumption [epel-all]2019-08-16
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-9518 nginx: HTTP/2: flood using empty frames results in excessive resource consumption [fedora-all]2019-08-16