CVE-2018-16844
HIGH7.5EPSS 10.9%Published: 11/7/2018Modified: 12/3/2025
Also known as:ALPINE-CVE-2018-16844DEBIAN-CVE-2018-16844
Description
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 ngx_http_v2_module (not compiled by default) if the 'http2' option of the 'listen' directive is used in a configuration file.
Affected packages (2)
- Alpine/nginxfrom 0, < 1.14.1-r0
- Debian/nginxfrom 0, < 1.14.1-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |