CVE-2016-7835 is a critical use-after-free vulnerability affecting H2O, specifically dena h2o and h2o_project h2o. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial-of-service (DoS) and potentially exfiltrate server certificate private keys or other sensitive information. With a CVSS score of 9.1, it presents a high-impact threat that can be exploited over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dena:h2o:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:h2o_project:h2o:2.1.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.