CVE-2018-14645

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 21, 2018 at 01:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:41 AM UTC
5 products affected across 3 vendorsUbuntu LinuxEnterprise LinuxOpenShift Container Platform

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%

Description

A flaw was discovered in the HPACK decoder of HAProxy, before 1.8.14, that is used for HTTP/2. An out-of-bounds read access in hpack_valid_idx() resulted in a remote crash and denial of service.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (5)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2882
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingMitigationThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-14645
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3780-1/

CVSS

7.5HIGHredhat
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-125

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