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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2018-14645

An out-of-bounds read access in hpack_valid_idx() resulted in a remote crash and denial of service.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 3.01%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.01%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

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.

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
3.01% probability · 87th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-125
Affected
haproxy/haproxy · canonical/ubuntu linux · redhat/openshift · redhat/openshift container platform · redhat/enterprise linux
Source
secalert@redhat.com

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