CVE-2024-27919 is a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Envoy versions 1.29.0 and 1.29.1. An attacker can exploit a flaw in the HTTP/2 protocol stack by sending a flood of CONTINUATION frames, leading to unlimited memory consumption and system crashes. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity and high impact on availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code, the vulnerability has garnered significant community attention and media coverage, including reports of a new HTTP/2 DoS attack potentially more severe than Rapid Reset.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.29.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:envoyproxy:envoy:1.29.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.29.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:envoyproxy:envoy:1.29.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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