What is CVE-2022-30591?

CVE-2022-30591 is a high-severity vulnerability in Quic-go_project Quic-go, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-07-06.

How severe is CVE-2022-30591?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-30591 known to be exploited?

12 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Resource exhaustion in Quic-go_project Quic-go

CVE-2022-30591

quic-go through 0.27.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a Slowloris variant in which incomplete QUIC or HTTP/3 requests are sent. This occurs because mtu_discoverer.go misparses the MTU Discovery s…

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.028 (85.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Quic-go_project Quic-go
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-30591?: CVE-2022-30591 is a high-severity vulnerability in Quic-go_project Quic-go, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2022-07-06.
How severe is CVE-2022-30591?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-30591 known to be exploited?: 12 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.