picoquic (before 3rd of July 2020) allows attackers to cause...

7.5 CVSS

Vulnerability Description

picoquic (before 3rd of July 2020) allows attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted QUIC frame, related to the picoquic_decode_frames and picoquic_decode_stream_frame functions and epoch==3.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

https://github.com/private-octopus/picoquic/issues/969

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Medium 5.3

Affected Vendor

privateoctopus

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Affected Software

picoquic

Vulnerable Versions:

Timeline

Official Publish: February 8th, 2021

Last Modified: August 4th, 2024

Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/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.