CVE-2016-1544 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in nghttp2 versions prior to 1.7.1, specifically affecting Fedora Project's nghttp2 implementations. This flaw allows remote attackers to exhaust memory resources. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 3.3, indicating a low attack complexity and impact, primarily leading to availability issues. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, though it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nghttp2:nghttp2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
22CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
23CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
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