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CVE-2018-10657
Matrix Synapse before 0.28.1 is prone to a denial of...
Vulnerability Description
Matrix Synapse before 0.28.1 is prone to a denial of service flaw where malicious events injected with depth = 2^63 - 1 render rooms unusable, related to federation/federation_base.py and handlers/message.py, as exploited in the wild in April 2018.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Affected Vendor
matrix
View all reports →Affected Software
synapse
Vulnerable Versions:
0
Timeline
Official Publish:
May 2nd, 2018
Last Modified:
September 16th, 2024
Added to House:
July 20th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.