CVE-2020-8659 describes a memory exhaustion vulnerability in CNCF Envoy, affecting versions through 1.13.0, as well as related Debian and Red Hat products. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) allows an unauthenticated attacker to remotely trigger excessive memory consumption by sending HTTP/1.1 requests or responses with numerous small chunks, leading to a denial-of-service. Despite its potential impact, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.13.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:cncf:envoy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_service_mesh:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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