CVE-2015-3249 (GCVE-0-2015-3249)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-10-30 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 05:39
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Summary
The HTTP/2 experimental feature in Apache Traffic Server 5.3.x before 5.3.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds access and daemon crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to the (1) frame_handlers array or (2) set_dynamic_table_size function.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2015-06-30 00:00
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