High severity · published Jul 1, 2020
CVE-2020-8663
Envoy version 1.14.2, 1.13.2, 1.12.4 or earlier may exhaust file descriptors and/or memory when accepting too many connections
7.5
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Envoy version 1.14.2, 1.13.2, 1.12.4 or earlier may exhaust file descriptors and/or memory when accepting too many connections.
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)1.5% · higher than 74% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
EN
Envoy · Envoyproxy
through 1.12.4; 1.13.0 through 1.13.2; 1.14.0 through 1.14.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-8663
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-8663
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/envoyproxy/envoy/security/advisories/GHSA-v8q7-fq78-4997
Release Notes
https://www.envoyproxy.io/docs/envoy/v1.13.1/intro/version_history
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