CVE-2020-9494
HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 24, 2020 at 03:25 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:28 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxTraffic Server
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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
Apache Traffic Server 6.0.0 to 6.2.3, 7.0.0 to 7.1.10, and 8.0.0 to 8.0.7 is vulnerable to certain types of HTTP/2 HEADERS frames that can cause the server to allocate a large amount of memory and spin the thread.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
6.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 6.2.37.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 7.1.108.0.0 ≤ v ≤ 8.0.7
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (3)
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTNot Applicable
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/03/01/2x_refsource_CONFIRMMailing ListVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf7f86917f42fdaf904d99560cba0c016e03baea6244c47efeb60ecbe%40%3Cdev.trafficserver.apache.org%3EVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4710CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-770
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