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CVE-2019-9516

Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to a header leak, potentially leading to a denial of service. The attacker sends a stream of headers with a 0-length header name and 0-length header value, optionally Huffman encoded into 1-byte or greater headers. Some implementations allocate memory for these headers and keep the allocation alive until the session dies. This can consume excess memory.

Severity
Medium 6.5
Published
13 Aug 2019
Last changed
17 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
21 Oct 2026
Fixed in
1.16.1, 8.16.1, 10.16.3, 12.8.1
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
nginxServers and applications · cpe:a:f5:nginx
  • From 1.9.5 before 1.16.1
  • From 1.17.0 up to 1.17.2
Node.jsServers and applications · cpe:a:nodejs:node.js
  • From 8.0.0 before 8.16.1
  • From 10.0.0 before 10.16.3
  • From 12.0.0 before 12.8.1

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-9516
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-9516