mvfst did not adequately merge or compact out-of-order STREAM frame data, and a small received fragment could keep a much larger receive buffer alive. QUIC flow control limits the number of buffered stream bytes, but not this per-fragment memory and bookkeeping. A remote, unauthenticated QUIC peer could send many small, non-contiguous stream fragments to make an endpoint consume memory far in excess of its advertised receive window and spend increasing CPU time reassembling stream data, leading to denial of service. This issue affects mvfst versions prior to v2026.11.09.0.

An mvfst QUIC server retained CRYPTO frame data received at an encryption level (Initial or Handshake) that the TLS handshake had already moved past. Because the transport treated this data as delivered, it did not count against the CRYPTO stream buffer limit. A remote, unauthenticated client could complete a handshake, withhold its acknowledgment of the server's HANDSHAKE_DONE frame so that Handshake keys stay in use, and keep sending Handshake-level CRYPTO data at increasing offsets, causing unbounded memory growth on the server and leading to denial of service. This issue affects mvfst versions prior to v2026.11.09.00.

A heap-buffer-overflow vulnerability is possible in mvfst via a specially crafted message during a QUIC session. This issue affects mvfst versions prior to v2025.07.07.00.

A packet of death scenario is possible in mvfst via a specially crafted message during a QUIC session, which causes a crash via a failed assertion. Per QUIC specification, this particular message should be treated as a connection error. This issue affects mvfst versions prior to commit a67083ff4b8dcbb7ee2839da6338032030d712b0 and proxygen versions prior to v2021.03.15.00.