Denial Of Service (DoS)

2024-06-0705:23:53

Veracode Vulnerability Database

sca.analysiscenter.veracode.com

github

envoyproxy

vulnerability

denial of service

http client

buffer

out-of-memory

CVSS3

6.5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS

Percentile

13.3%

JSON

github.com/envoyproxy/envoy is vulnerable to Denial Of Service (DOS). The vulnerability is due to the async HTTP client buffering the mirror response with an unbounded buffer, which allows attackers to potentially cause an out-of-memory scenario by sending huge responses.