CVE-2019-15541 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the rustls crate before version 0.16.0, specifically impacting the rustls-mio/examples/tlsserver.rs component. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger an infinite loop by preventing a client from ever becoming writable. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (High) due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 0.16.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:rustls_project:rustls:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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