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TI-2016-01409 Aliases CVE-2016-1544GHSA-32wx-5655-89rw

nghttp2 before 1.7.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion).

Priority LOW 18CWE-400Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · Low
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-400.

Summary

nghttp2 before 1.7.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion).

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00886 59th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed nghttp2 (nghttp2): 1.7.1

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
nghttp2nghttp2before 1.7.11.7.1Patch availableCNA
  • nghttp2 Vendornghttp2 Affected before 1.7.1 Fixed in 1.7.1 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 3

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:nghttp2:nghttp2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 1.7.1Vulnerablenghttp2
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*22VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*23VulnerableFedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:a:nghttp2:nghttp2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 1.7.1 Vulnerable ·nghttp2
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 22 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 23 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA nghttp2 (nghttp2) Fixed in 1.7.1

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat Software Collections

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-1544
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-32wx-5655-89rw

References

Patch 3

Advisory 3

  • TI-2023-23979 The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2023-18006 Envoy vulnerable to HTTP/2 memory leak in nghttp2 codec CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2024-18758 Reading unbounded number of HTTP/2 CONTINUATION frames to cause excessive CPU usage CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
  • TI-2018-15818 nghttp2 version >= 1.10.0 and nghttp2 <= v1.31.0 contains an Improper Input Validation… CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
  • TI-2015-07121 The idle stream handling in nghttp2 before 1.6.0 allows attackers to have unspecified… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 10.0
  • TI-2020-08954 Denial of service in nghttp2 CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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