CVE-2015-2312

high

Description

Sandstorm Cap'n Proto before 0.4.1.1 and 0.5.x before 0.5.1.1 allows remote peers to cause a denial of service (CPU and possibly general resource consumption) via a list with a large number of elements.

References

Advisories

https://github.com/capnproto/capnproto/commit/104870608fde3c698483fdef6b97f093fc15685d

https://github.com/capnproto/capnproto/blob/master/security-advisories/2015-03-02-2-all-cpu-amplification.md

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=780567

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/17/3

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-08-09

Updated: 2026-05-13

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H