CVE-2020-24944 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause a denial of service via infinite loop in picoquic library using crafted QUIC frames.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2020-24944?
CVE-2020-24944 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Feb 2021. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
picoquic (before 3rd of July 2020) allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted QUIC frame, related to the picoquic_decode_frames and picoquic_decode_stream_frame functions and epoch==3.
Weakness: CWE-835
Which versions are affected by CVE-2020-24944?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Privateoctopus Picoquic.
How do I fix CVE-2020-24944?
No fix has been published for CVE-2020-24944 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2020-24944 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2020-24944 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-85r2-3v9j-hfrq.