CVE-2020-11080 (GCVE-0-2020-11080)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2020-06-03 00:00
Modified
2025-06-09 15:45
Severity ?
VLAI Severity ?
EPSS score ?
CWE
- CWE-707 - Improper Enforcement of Message or Data Structure
Summary
In nghttp2 before version 1.41.0, the overly large HTTP/2 SETTINGS frame payload causes denial of service. The proof of concept attack involves a malicious client constructing a SETTINGS frame with a length of 14,400 bytes (2400 individual settings entries) over and over again. The attack causes the CPU to spike at 100%. nghttp2 v1.41.0 fixes this vulnerability. There is a workaround to this vulnerability. Implement nghttp2_on_frame_recv_callback callback, and if received frame is SETTINGS frame and the number of settings entries are large (e.g., > 32), then drop the connection.
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