CVE-2016-1544

Summary

CVECVE-2016-1544
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-02-06 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2020-02-10 17:26:00 UTC
Descriptionnghttp2 before 1.7.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion).

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-400

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Application Nghttp2 Nghttp2 All All All All
Application Nghttp2 Nghttp2 All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Release nghttp2 v1.7.1 · nghttp2/nghttp2 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
Comparing v1.7.0...v1.7.1 · nghttp2/nghttp2 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: nghttp2-1.7.1-1.fc23 CONFIRM lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: nghttp2-1.7.1-1.fc22 CONFIRM lists.fedoraproject.org Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
1308461 – (CVE-2016-1544) CVE-2016-1544 nghttp2: out of memory error due to unlimited incoming HTTP header fields CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
nghttp2: Denial of Service (GLSA 201612-13) — Gentoo security CONFIRM security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 174904 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for nghttp2 (SUSE-SU-2021:0932-1)
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