CVE-2019-9517

Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to unconstrained interal data buffering, potentially leading to a denial of service

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 13, 2019 at 08:50 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:43 AM UTC
25 products affected across 12 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraUbuntu Linux

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 28%

Description

Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to unconstrained interal data buffering, potentially leading to a denial of service. The attacker opens the HTTP/2 window so the peer can send without constraint; however, they leave the TCP window closed so the peer cannot actually write (many of) the bytes on the wire. The attacker then sends a stream of requests for a large response object. Depending on how the servers queue the responses, this can consume excess memory, CPU, or both.

Affected

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

2.4.20 ≤ v < 2.4.40
Affected range stops below 2.4.40, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
6.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.2.37.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.1.68.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.0.3
1.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 1.4.0
apple-macos (environment) · canonical-ubuntu-linux (environment)
7.7.2.0 ≤ v < 7.7.2.247.8.2.0 ≤ v < 7.8.2.138.1.0 ≤ v < 8.2.0
Affected range stops below 7.7.2.24, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 7.8.2.13, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.2.0, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
10.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 10.12.010.13.0 ≤ v < 10.16.312.0.0 ≤ v < 12.8.18.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.8.18.9.0 ≤ v < 8.16.1
Affected range stops below 10.16.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 12.8.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 8.16.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (47)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00004.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00031.html
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00032.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/15/7
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2893
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2925
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2939
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2946

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-400CWE-770

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