CVE-2016-6580

Published Jan 10, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
A HTTP/2 implementation built using any version of the Python priority library prior to version 1.2.0 could be targeted by a malicious peer by having that peer assign priority information for every possible HTTP/2 stream ID. The priority tree would happily continue to store the priority information for each stream, and would therefore allocate unbounded amounts of memory. Attempting to actually use a tree like this would also cause extremely high CPU usage to maintain the tree.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2017-0099 A HTTP/2 implementation built using any version of the Python priority library prior to version 1.2.0 could be targeted by a malicious peer by having that peer assign priority information for every possible HTTP/2 stream ID. The priority tree would happily continue to store the priority information for each stream, and would therefore allocate unbounded amounts of memory. Attempting to actually use a tree like this would also cause extremely high CPU usage to maintain the tree.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-h3q4-6j7f-r24c priority vulnerable to denial of service
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 1:36 AM
Reserved
Aug 3, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 10, 2017, 3:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:51 AM