CVE-2018-1000168

nghttp2 version >= 1.10.0 and nghttp2 <= v1.31.0 contains an Improper Input Validation CWE-20 vulnerability in ALTSVC frame handling that… (CVE-2018-1000168)

Description

nghttp2 version >= 1.10.0 and nghttp2 <= v1.31.0 contains an Improper Input Validation CWE-20 vulnerability in ALTSVC frame handling that can result in segmentation fault leading to denial of service. This attack appears to be exploitable via network client. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in >= 1.31.1.

Source: CVELISTV5 NVD

Metrics

Severity

high

94.80

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no public PoC known

7.5

Source: nvd-v3

CVSS v3

7.5

CVSS v4

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EPSS percentile

95.5 %

Critical — this CVE ranks in the top fifth of all CVEs scored today (rank ≥ 80%).

EPSS score

10.7 %

Elevated — model estimates 10-50% exploitation likelihood.

Published

2018-05-08 15:00 UTC

CWE

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Affected operating systems

linux
debian / debian_linux9.0

Affected products

Products and version ranges extracted from the vendor/CERT advisory. A range like „<4.14.6“ implies the update recommendation „upgrade to 4.14.6 or later“.

nghttp2
nghttp21.10.0 – 1.31.0
nodejs
node.js10.0.0 – 10.4.1
nodejs
node.js6.0.0 – 6.8.1
nodejs
node.js8.4.0 – 8.17.0
nodejs
node.js9.0.0 – 9.11.2

References & sources

IDCVE-2018-1000168