CVE-2019-9517
Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to unconstrained interal data buffering, potentially leading to a denial of service.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 27.9%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 27.89% probability · 98th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400, CWE-770
- Affected
- apple/swiftnio · apache/http server · apache/traffic server · canonical/ubuntu linux · debian/debian linux · synology/skynas · synology/diskstation manager · synology/vs960hd firmware · fedoraproject/fedora · opensuse/leap · redhat/jboss core services · redhat/jboss enterprise application platform · redhat/openshift service mesh · redhat/quay · redhat/software collections · redhat/enterprise linux · oracle/communications element manager · oracle/graalvm · oracle/instantis enterprisetrack · oracle/retail xstore point of service · +3 more
- Source
- cret@cert.org
EPSS 27.9% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00004.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00031.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00032.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/08/15/7Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2893Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2925Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2939Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2946Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2949Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2950Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2955Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3932Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3933Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3935Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/Netflix/security-bulletins/blob/master/advisories/third-party/2019-002.mdThird Party Advisory
- https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/605641/Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10296Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/4610762456644181b267c846423b3a990bd4aaea1886ecc7d51febdb%40%3Cannounce.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/56c2e7cc9deb1c12a843d0dc251ea7fd3e7e80293cde02fcd65286ba%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/d89f999e26dfb1d50f247ead1fe8538014eb412b2dbe5be4b1a9ef50%40%3Cdev.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ec97fdfc1a859266e56fef084353a34e0a0b08901b3c1aa317a43c8c%40%3Cdev.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r03ee478b3dda3e381fd6189366fa7af97c980d2f602846eef935277d%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r06f0d87ebb6d59ed8379633f36f72f5b1f79cadfda72ede0830b42cf%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3c5c3104813c1c5508b55564b66546933079250a46ce50eee90b2e36%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r76142b8c5119df2178be7c2dba88fde552eedeec37ea993dfce68d1d%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc998b18880df98bafaade071346690c2bc1444adaa1a1ea464b93f0a%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd18c3c43602e66f9cdcf09f1de233804975b9572b0456cc582390b6f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd2fb621142e7fa187cfe12d7137bf66e7234abcbbcd800074c84a538%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re3d27b6250aa8548b8845d314bb8a350b3df326cacbbfdfe4d455234%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.