What is CVE-2024-31079?

CVE-2024-31079 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 Nginx Open Source, classified under Stack-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2024-05-29.

How severe is CVE-2024-31079?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-31079 known to be exploited?

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

Buffer overflow in F5 Nginx Open Source

CVE-2024-31079

When NGINX Plus or NGINX OSS are configured to use the HTTP/3 QUIC module, undisclosed HTTP/3 requests can cause NGINX worker processes to terminate or cause other potential impact. This attack requires that a request be specifically timed…

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.008 (74.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

F5 Nginx Open Source — versions 1.25.0
F5 Nginx Plus — versions R30

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-121 — Stack-based Buffer Overflow

Public proof-of-concept exploits

spicehq/nginx-demo

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-31079?: CVE-2024-31079 is a medium-severity vulnerability in F5 Nginx Open Source, classified under Stack-based Buffer Overflow. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2024-05-29.
How severe is CVE-2024-31079?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-31079 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.