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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-2572

http.cc in Squid 4.x before 4.0.7 relies on the HTTP status code after a response-parsing failure, which allows remote HTTP servers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a malformed response.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 10.2%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 10.2%, higher than 95% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

http.cc in Squid 4.x before 4.0.7 relies on the HTTP status code after a response-parsing failure, which allows remote HTTP servers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure and daemon exit) via a malformed response.

CVSS 3.0
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
10.15% probability · 95th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-20
Affected
squid-cache/squid
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.