CVE-2020-24944 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting picoquic versions prior to July 3, 2020. An unauthenticated attacker can trigger an infinite loop by sending a specially crafted QUIC frame, specifically targeting the picoquic_decode_frames and picoquic_decode_stream_frame functions when epoch==3. This vulnerability is rated as HIGH severity (CVSS 7.5), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity to cause a complete loss of availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2020-07-03CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:privateoctopus:picoquic:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.