CVE-2019-18801 is a critical heap overflow vulnerability in Envoy 1.12.0, where untrusted remote clients can send crafted HTTP/2 requests to an HTTP/1 upstream, causing writes outside of request buffers. This allows for potential heap corruption, leading to denial-of-service, bypass of access control, or modification of other users' requests. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), it presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.12.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:envoyproxy:envoy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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