CVE-2018-16844
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-16844
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-16844.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-16844
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2018-11-07T14:29:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-10-15T09:24:24.904328Z
- Severity
-
- 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
nginx before versions 1.15.6 and 1.14.1 has a vulnerability in the implementation of HTTP/2 that can allow for excessive CPU usage. This issue affects nginx compiled with the ngxhttpv2_module (not compiled by default) if the 'http2' option of the 'listen' directive is used in a configuration file.
- References
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- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00035.html
- http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2018/000220.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/36
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105868
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042038
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3680
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3681
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212818
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3812-1/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4335
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16844
Affected packages
Git / github.com/nginx/nginx
Affected versions
release-1.*
release-1.11.0
release-1.11.1
release-1.11.10
release-1.11.11
release-1.11.12
release-1.11.13
release-1.11.2
release-1.11.3
release-1.11.4
release-1.11.5
release-1.11.6
release-1.11.7
release-1.11.8
release-1.11.9
release-1.13.0
release-1.13.1
release-1.13.10
release-1.13.11
release-1.13.12
release-1.13.2
release-1.13.3
release-1.13.4
release-1.13.5
release-1.13.6
release-1.13.7
release-1.13.8
release-1.13.9
release-1.14.0
release-1.9.10
release-1.9.11
release-1.9.12
release-1.9.13
release-1.9.14
release-1.9.15
release-1.9.5
release-1.9.6
release-1.9.7
release-1.9.8
release-1.9.9