CVE-2020-12604 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Envoy versions 1.14.2, 1.13.2, and 1.12.4 or earlier. An unauthenticated attacker can exploit this by sending a large HTTP/2 payload without sufficient window updates or stream resets, leading to increased memory usage and potential service disruption. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, primarily impacting availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.12.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:envoyproxy:envoy:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.13.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:envoyproxy:envoy:1.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.14.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:envoyproxy:envoy:1.14.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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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