High severity · published May 8, 2018
CVE-2018-1000168
nghttp2 version >= 1.10.0 and nghttp2 <= v1.31.0 contains an Improper Input Validation CWE-20 vulnerability in ALTSVC frame handling that can result in segmentation fault leading…
7.5
CVSS
10.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
nghttp2 version >= 1.10.0 and nghttp2 <= v1.31.0 contains an Improper Input Validation CWE-20 vulnerability in ALTSVC frame handling that can result in segmentation fault leading to denial of service. This attack appears to be exploitable via network client. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in >= 1.31.1.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)10.6% · higher than 96% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0 · source: NVD
NG
Nghttp2 · Nghttp2
1.10.0 through 1.31.0 · source: NVD
NO
Node.js · Nodejs
6.0.0 through 6.8.1; 8.4.0 through 8.17.0; 9.0.0 through 9.11.2; 10.0.0 before 10.4.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000168
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-1000168
Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/103952
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0366
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0367
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00011.html
Vendor Advisory
https://nghttp2.org/blog/2018/04/12/nghttp2-v1-31-1/
Release Notes
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerability/june-2018-security-releases/
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