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CVE-2015-8659

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Description

The idle stream handling in nghttp2 before 1.6.0 allows attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors, aka a heap-use-after-free bug.

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00000.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00001.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00002.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Mar/msg00004.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175085.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175423.html

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/23/10

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/23/6

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035353

https://nghttp2.org/blog/2015/12/23/nghttp2-v1-6-0/

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-06

https://support.apple.com/HT206166

https://support.apple.com/HT206167

https://support.apple.com/HT206168

https://support.apple.com/HT206169

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2016-01-12

Updated: 2019-03-08

Type: CWE-119

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

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

Impact Score: 10

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: HIGH

CVSS v3

Base Score: 10

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

Impact Score: 6

Exploitability Score: 3.9

Severity: CRITICAL

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