Resource exhaustion in Nghttp2
CVE-2016-1544
nghttp2 before 1.7.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion).
Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (57.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 57.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Nghttp2 — versions before 1.7.1
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 22, 23
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2/releases/tag/v1.7.1 (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
- github.com/nghttp2/nghttp2/compare/v1.7.0...v1.7.1 (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-13 (Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177666.html (Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177308.html (Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-1544?
- CVE-2016-1544 is a low-severity vulnerability in Nghttp2, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2020-02-06.
- How severe is CVE-2016-1544?
- Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.