CVE-2019-9511
Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to window size manipulation and stream prioritization manipulation, potentially leading to a denial of service
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to window size manipulation and stream prioritization manipulation, potentially leading to a denial of service. The attacker requests a large amount of data from a specified resource over multiple streams. They manipulate window size and stream priority to force the server to queue the data in 1-byte chunks. Depending on how efficiently this data is queued, this can consume excess CPU, memory, or both.
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Key data
CVSS 3.0 High 7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector: Network
The vulnerable component can be reached over a network, possibly from the Internet.
Attack complexity: Low
No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will.
Privileges required: None
No account or privileges are needed.
User interaction: None
No action from any user is needed.
Scope: Unchanged
The impact stays within the vulnerable component.
Confidentiality impact: None
No effect on the secrecy of data.
Integrity impact: None
No effect on the trustworthiness of data.
Availability impact: High
Serious or total effect on availability.
| Metric | Value | What it means |
|---|---|---|
| Attack vector | Network | The vulnerable component can be reached over a network, possibly from the Internet. |
| Attack complexity | Low | No special conditions are needed. The attack can be repeated at will. |
| Privileges required | None | No account or privileges are needed. |
| User interaction | None | No action from any user is needed. |
| Scope | Unchanged | The impact stays within the vulnerable component. |
| Confidentiality impact | None | No effect on the secrecy of data. |
| Integrity impact | None | No effect on the trustworthiness of data. |
| Availability impact | High | Serious or total effect on availability. |
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EPSS
- Score
- 0.59547 (59.5% probability)
- Percentile
- 99.1%
- Scores of
- Nov 10, 2026
- Model
- v2026.06.15
Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-400Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
References
- VU#605641 (kb.cert.org)third-party-advisory
- USN-4099-1 (usn.ubuntu.com)vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2019-befd924cfe (lists.fedoraproject.org)vendor-advisory
- 20190822 [SECURITY] [DSA 4505-1] nginx security update (seclists.org)mailing-list
- FEDORA-2019-81985a8858 (lists.fedoraproject.org)vendor-advisory
- DSA-4505 (debian.org)vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2019-8a437d5c2f (lists.fedoraproject.org)vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2019-4427fd65be (lists.fedoraproject.org)vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2019-63ba15cc83 (lists.fedoraproject.org)vendor-advisory
- 20190902 [SECURITY] [DSA 4511-1] nghttp2 security update (seclists.org)mailing-list
- DSA-4511 (debian.org)vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2019-7a0b45fdc4 (lists.fedoraproject.org)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2019:2692 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2120 (lists.opensuse.org)vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2114 (lists.opensuse.org)vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2115 (lists.opensuse.org)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2019:2745 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2019:2746 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2019:2775 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2019:2799 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2019:2925 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2019:2939 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2019:2949 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2232 (lists.opensuse.org)vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2234 (lists.opensuse.org)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2019:2955 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2019:2966 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2019:2264 (lists.opensuse.org)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2019:3041 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2019:3933 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2019:3935 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2019:3932 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2019:4018 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2019:4019 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2019:4021 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2019:4020 (access.redhat.com)vendor-advisory
- DSA-4669 (debian.org)vendor-advisory
- oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832…
- oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- github.com/Netflix/security-bulletins/blob/master/advisorie…
- synology.com/security/advisory/Synology_SA_19_33
- support.f5.com/csp/article/K02591030
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190823-0002
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190823-0005
- kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10296
- support.f5.com/csp/article/K02591030?utm_source=f5support&a…
- oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2021.html
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