High severity · published Oct 11, 2024
CVE-2024-45403
H2O assertion failure when HTTP/3 requests are cancelled
7.5
CVSS
0.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
h2o is an HTTP server with support for HTTP/1.x, HTTP/2 and HTTP/3. When h2o is configured as a reverse proxy and HTTP/3 requests are cancelled by the client, h2o might crash due to an assertion failure. The crash can be exploited by an attacker to mount a Denial-of-Service attack. By default, the h2o standalone server automatically restarts, minimizing the impact. However, HTTP requests that were served concurrently will still be disrupted. The vulnerability has been addressed in commit 1ed32b2. Users may disable the use of HTTP/3 to mitigate the issue.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.7% · higher than 51% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
H2
h2o · h2o
>= 16b13eee8ad7895b4fe3fcbcabee53bd52782562, < 1ed32b23f999acf0c5029f09c8525f93eb1d354c · source: vendor, NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45403
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45403
Patch
https://github.com/h2o/h2o/commit/16b13eee8ad7895b4fe3fcbcabee53bd52782562
Patch
https://github.com/h2o/h2o/commit/1ed32b23f999acf0c5029f09c8525f93eb1d354c
Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/h2o/h2o/security/advisories/GHSA-4xp5-3jhc-3m92
Product
https://h2o.examp1e.net/configure/http3_directives.html
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