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Denial of Service

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Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.

How It Works

Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions. Attackers exploit asymmetry: minimal attacker effort produces disproportionate resource consumption on the target. Application-level attacks use specially crafted inputs that trigger expensive operations—a regex engine processing malicious patterns can backtrack exponentially, or XML parsers recursively expand entities until memory exhausts. Network-level attacks flood targets with connection requests or amplify traffic through reflection, but application vulnerabilities often provide the most efficient attack surface.

The attack typically begins with reconnaissance to identify resource-intensive operations or unprotected endpoints. For algorithmic complexity attacks, adversaries craft inputs hitting worst-case performance—hash collision inputs filling hash tables with collisions, deeply nested JSON triggering recursive parsing, or pathological regex patterns like (a+)+b against strings of repeated 'a' characters. Resource exhaustion attacks open thousands of connections, upload massive files to unbounded storage, or trigger memory leaks through repeated operations. Crash-based attacks target error handling gaps: null pointer dereferences, unhandled exceptions in parsers, or assertion failures that terminate processes.

Impact

  • Service unavailability preventing legitimate users from accessing applications during attack duration
  • Revenue loss from downtime in e-commerce, SaaS platforms, or transaction processing systems
  • Cascading failures as resource exhaustion spreads to dependent services or database connections pool out
  • SLA violations triggering financial penalties and damaging customer trust
  • Security team distraction providing cover for data exfiltration or intrusion attempts running concurrently

Real-World Examples

CVE-2018-1000544 in Ruby's WEBrick server allowed ReDoS through malicious HTTP headers containing specially crafted patterns that caused the regex engine to backtrack exponentially, freezing request processing threads. A single attacker could saturate all available workers.

Cloudflare experienced a global outage in 2019 when a single WAF rule containing an unoptimized regex hit pathological cases on legitimate traffic spikes. The .*(?:.*=.*)* pattern exhibited catastrophic backtracking, consuming CPU cycles across their edge network until the rule was disabled.

CVE-2013-1664 demonstrated XML bomb vulnerabilities in Python's XML libraries. Attackers uploaded XML documents with nested entity definitions-each entity expanding to ten copies of the previous level. A 1KB upload could expand to gigabytes in memory during parsing, crashing applications instantly.

Mitigation

  • Strict input validation enforcing size limits, complexity bounds, and nesting depth restrictions before processing
  • Request rate limiting per IP address, API key, or user session with exponential backoff
  • Timeout enforcement terminating operations exceeding reasonable execution windows (typically 1-5 seconds)
  • Resource quotas limiting memory allocation, CPU time, and connection counts per request or tenant
  • Regex complexity analysis using linear-time algorithms or sanitizing patterns to eliminate backtracking
  • Circuit breakers automatically rejecting requests when error rates or latency thresholds indicate degradation
  • Load balancing and autoscaling distributing traffic across instances with automatic capacity expansion

Recent CVEs (40225)

EPSS 1% CVSS 9.6
CRITICAL Act Now

Use after free in media in Google Chrome prior to 77.0.3865.75 allowed a remote attacker to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML page. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.6), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Chrome Google +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

Use after free in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 76.0.3809.132 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Chrome Google +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

Use after free in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 76.0.3809.100 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted PDF file. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Chrome Google +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

Use after free in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 76.0.3809.87 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted PDF file. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Chrome Google +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Use after free in WebAudio in Google Chrome prior to 76.0.3809.87 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Chrome Google +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.6
CRITICAL Act Now

Use after free in offline mode in Google Chrome prior to 76.0.3809.87 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially perform a sandbox escape via a crafted HTML. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.6), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Chrome Google +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

Use after free in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 75.0.3770.90 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Chrome Google +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Use after free in WebBluetooth in Google Chrome prior to 78.0.3904.108 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Chrome Google +10
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Use after free in PDFium in Google Chrome prior to 78.0.3904.87 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Chrome Google +2
NVD VulDB
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Use after free in media in Google Chrome prior to 78.0.3904.70 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Chrome Google +4
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Use after free in JavaScript in Google Chrome prior to 77.0.3865.120 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Chrome Google +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Use after free in audio in Google Chrome on Android prior to 77.0.3865.120 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Chrome Google +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Use after free in WebRTC in Google Chrome prior to 77.0.3865.120 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Chrome Google +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Use after free in IndexedDB in Google Chrome prior to 77.0.3865.120 allowed a remote attacker who had compromised the renderer process to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Denial Of Service Chrome +3
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Use after free in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 77.0.3865.90 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Chrome Google +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Use after free in Blink in Google Chrome prior to 77.0.3865.90 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Chrome Google +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Use after free in offline mode in Google Chrome prior to 77.0.3865.90 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Chrome Google +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Use after free in sharing view in Google Chrome prior to 77.0.3865.90 allowed a remote attacker to potentially exploit heap corruption via a crafted HTML page. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Chrome Google +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's Bluetooth implementation of UART, all versions kernel 3.x.x before 4.18.0 and kernel 5.x.x. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Linux Null Pointer Dereference +1
NVD
EPSS 5% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

Pivotal RabbitMQ, versions 3.7.x prior to 3.7.21 and 3.8.x prior to 3.8.1, and RabbitMQ for Pivotal Platform, 1.16.x versions prior to 1.16.7 and 1.17.x versions prior to 1.17.4, contain a web. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Broadcom Debian +8
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

GitLab 12.2.3 contains a security vulnerability that allows a user to affect the availability of the service through a Denial of Service attack in Issue Comments. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Gitlab
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

An issue was discovered in the ROS communications-related packages (aka ros_comm or ros-melodic-ros-comm) through 1.14.3. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Buffer Copy without Size Check vulnerability could allow attackers to overflow a buffer to corrupt adjacent memory.

RCE Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM POC This Month

Apple iPhone 3GS bootrom malloc implementation returns a non-NULL pointer when unable to allocate memory, aka 'alloc8'. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Apple Iphone 3Gs
NVD GitHub
EPSS 7% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

An issue was discovered in res_pjsip_t38.c in Sangoma Asterisk through 13.x and Certified Asterisk through 13.21-x. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Null Pointer Dereference Debian +4
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

In the AppleTalk subsystem in the Linux kernel before 5.1, there is a potential NULL pointer dereference because register_snap_client may return NULL. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Linux Null Pointer Dereference +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

When Beckhoff TwinCAT is configured to use the Profinet driver, a denial of service of the controller could be reached by sending a malformed UDP packet to the device.1 version 4204.0 (and prior). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Twincat Beckhoff
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

Subsequent use of the CBO listener may result in further memory corruption due to use after free issue. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Use After Free +9
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

While processing Attach Reject message, Valid exit condition is not met resulting into an infinite loop in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Consumer IOT, Snapdragon Industrial IOT,. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Qualcomm Apq8017 Firmware +52
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Use after free issue in cleanup routine due to missing pointer sanitization for a failed start of a trusted application. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +14
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

Use after free issue in Xtra daemon shutdown due to static object instance getting freed from a multiple places in Snapdragon Auto, Snapdragon Compute, Snapdragon Connectivity, Snapdragon Consumer. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +39
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

ext4_empty_dir in fs/ext4/namei.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.12 allows a NULL pointer dereference because ext4_read_dirblock(inode,0,DIRENT_HTREE) can be zero. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Linux Null Pointer Dereference +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

btrfs_root_node in fs/btrfs/ctree.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.12 allows a NULL pointer dereference because rcu_dereference(root->node) can be zero. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Linux Null Pointer Dereference +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

A potential vulnerability reported in ThinkPad USB-C Dock Firmware version 3.7.2 may allow a denial of service. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Lenovo Thinkpad Usb C Dock Firmware
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.6
HIGH PATCH This Week

Cloud Foundry Routing, all versions before 0.193.0, does not properly validate nonce input. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.6), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Cf Deployment Routing Release +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.7
MEDIUM This Month

NVIDIA NVFlash, NVUFlash Tool prior to v5.588.0 and GPUModeSwitch Tool prior to 2019-11, NVIDIA kernel mode driver (nvflash.sys, nvflsh32.sys, and nvflsh64.sys) contains a vulnerability in which. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.7), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Information Disclosure Nvidia +3
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.7
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Memory leaks in *clock_source_create() functions under drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc in the Linux kernel before 5.3.8 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.7).

Denial Of Service Linux Canonical +5
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.7
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Memory leaks in *create_resource_pool() functions under drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.7).

Denial Of Service Linux Canonical +5
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 5.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A memory leak in the nfp_flower_spawn_vnic_reprs() function in drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/flower/main.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.4 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required.

Denial Of Service Linux Red Hat +4
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 5.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Four memory leaks in the nfp_flower_spawn_phy_reprs() function in drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/flower/main.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.4 allow attackers to cause a denial of service. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required.

Denial Of Service Linux Leap +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

A memory leak in the qrtr_tun_write_iter() function in net/qrtr/tun.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka CID-a21b7f0cff19. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Linux Canonical +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 7% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

A memory leak in the ath10k_usb_hif_tx_sg() function in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath10k/usb.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Linux Canonical +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A memory leak in the bnxt_re_create_srq() function in drivers/infiniband/hw/bnxt_re/ib_verbs.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Linux Canonical +4
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 5.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A memory leak in the nfp_abm_u32_knode_replace() function in drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/abm/cls.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.6 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required.

Denial Of Service Linux Red Hat +4
NVD GitHub
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

A memory leak in the ca8210_probe() function in drivers/net/ieee802154/ca8210.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.8 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Linux Canonical +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

A memory leak in the ath9k_wmi_cmd() function in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/wmi.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Linux Debian +4
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.0
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Memory leaks in drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/htc_hst.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.0), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Linux Fedora +4
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.4
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A memory leak in the predicate_parse() function in kernel/trace/trace_events_filter.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.4), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Linux Red Hat +6
NVD GitHub
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

A memory leak in the rsi_send_beacon() function in drivers/net/wireless/rsi/rsi_91x_mgmt.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Linux Canonical +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

A memory leak in the spi_gpio_probe() function in drivers/spi/spi-gpio.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Linux Fedora +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

A memory leak in the fastrpc_dma_buf_attach() function in drivers/misc/fastrpc.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Linux Broadcom +18
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.6
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A memory leak in the rtl8xxxu_submit_int_urb() function in drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtl8xxxu/rtl8xxxu_core.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.6), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Linux Debian +10
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.4
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Four memory leaks in the acp_hw_init() function in drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu_acp.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.8 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.4), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Linux Canonical +5
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.7
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A memory leak in the bfad_im_get_stats() function in drivers/scsi/bfa/bfad_attr.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.7).

Denial Of Service Linux Debian +10
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.7
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A memory leak in the sdma_init() function in drivers/infiniband/hw/hfi1/sdma.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.7).

Denial Of Service Linux Canonical +4
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

A memory leak in the fsl_lpspi_probe() function in drivers/spi/spi-fsl-lpspi.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Linux Fedora +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.6
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Two memory leaks in the rtl_usb_probe() function in drivers/net/wireless/realtek/rtlwifi/usb.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption),. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.6), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Linux Broadcom +23
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.7
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A memory leak in the crypto_report() function in crypto/crypto_user_base.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.7).

Denial Of Service Linux Debian +10
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

A memory leak in the adis_update_scan_mode_burst() function in drivers/iio/imu/adis_buffer.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Linux Broadcom +17
NVD GitHub
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

A memory leak in the adis_update_scan_mode() function in drivers/iio/imu/adis_buffer.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption), aka. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Linux Broadcom +19
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.7
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Multiple memory leaks in the iwl_pcie_ctxt_info_gen3_init() function in drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/pcie/ctxt-info-gen3.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allow attackers to cause a denial. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.7).

Denial Of Service Linux Canonical +5
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.7
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A memory leak in the alloc_sgtable() function in drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/fw/dbg.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.7).

Denial Of Service Linux Canonical +7
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 3.3
LOW PATCH Monitor

Two memory leaks in the mwifiex_pcie_init_evt_ring() function in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/pcie.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory. Rated low severity (CVSS 3.3), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Linux Broadcom +23
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.7
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A memory leak in the mwifiex_pcie_alloc_cmdrsp_buf() function in drivers/net/wireless/marvell/mwifiex/pcie.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.7).

Denial Of Service Linux Debian +8
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A memory leak in the nl80211_get_ftm_responder_stats() function in net/wireless/nl80211.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Linux Canonical +4
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.7
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A memory leak in the cx23888_ir_probe() function in drivers/media/pci/cx23885/cx23888-ir.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.7).

Denial Of Service Linux Broadcom +21
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

A memory leak in the rpmsg_eptdev_write_iter() function in drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_char.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Linux Broadcom +17
NVD GitHub
EPSS 5% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

A memory leak in the gs_can_open() function in drivers/net/can/usb/gs_usb.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Linux Broadcom +23
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A memory leak in the i2400m_op_rfkill_sw_toggle() function in drivers/net/wimax/i2400m/op-rfkill.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Linux Debian +6
NVD GitHub
EPSS 5% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

A memory leak in the crypto_reportstat() function in crypto/crypto_user_stat.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Linux Broadcom +20
NVD GitHub
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

A memory leak in the unittest_data_add() function in drivers/of/unittest.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.10 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by triggering. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Linux Leap +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

A memory leak in the crypto_reportstat() function in drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_utils.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.9 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Linux Canonical +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A memory leak in the mlx5_fw_fatal_reporter_dump() function in drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/health.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Linux Canonical +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A memory leak in the __ipmi_bmc_register() function in drivers/char/ipmi/ipmi_msghandler.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Linux Fedora +4
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.4
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A memory leak in the mlx5_fpga_conn_create_cq() function in drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/fpga/conn.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.4), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Linux Canonical +4
NVD GitHub
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Two memory leaks in the v3d_submit_cl_ioctl() function in drivers/gpu/drm/v3d/v3d_gem.c in the Linux kernel before 5.3.11 allow attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Linux Broadcom +17
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A memory leak in the i40e_setup_macvlans() function in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/i40e/i40e_main.c in the Linux kernel through 5.3.11 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Linux Canonical +5
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

jhead 3.03 is affected by: heap-based buffer over-read. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Information Disclosure +2
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

MiniUPnP ngiflib 0.4 has a NULL pointer dereference in GifIndexToTrueColor in ngiflib.c via a file that lacks a palette. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Null Pointer Dereference Ngiflib +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

When the BIG-IP APM 14.1.0-14.1.2, 14.0.0-14.0.1, 13.1.0-13.1.3.1, 12.1.0-12.1.4.1, or 11.5.1-11.6.5 system processes certain requests, the APD/APMD daemon may consume excessive resources. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Big Ip Access Policy Manager F5
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

On BIG-IP 14.1.0-14.1.2, 14.0.0-14.0.1, and 13.1.0-13.1.1, undisclosed HTTP requests may consume excessive amounts of systems resources which may lead to a denial of service. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Big Ip Application Security Manager Big Ip Access Policy Manager +12
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

On version 14.0.0-14.1.0.1, BIG-IP virtual servers with TLSv1.3 enabled may experience a denial of service due to undisclosed incoming messages. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Big Ip Application Security Manager Big Ip Access Policy Manager +12
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

An issue was discovered in Marvell 88W8688 Wi-Fi firmware before version p52, as used on Tesla Model S/X vehicles manufactured before March 2018, via the Parrot Faurecia Automotive FC6050W module. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service +3
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL Act Now

An issue was discovered in Marvell 88W8688 Wi-Fi firmware before version p52, as used on Tesla Model S/X vehicles manufactured before March 2018, via the Parrot Faurecia Automotive FC6050W module. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service +3
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL POC Act Now

SAS XML Mapper 9.45 has an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability that can be leveraged by malicious attackers in multiple ways. Rated critical severity (CVSS 10.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service SSRF XXE +3
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

Improper input validation in the API for Intel(R) Graphics Driver versions before 26.20.100.7209 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Intel Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage +5
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

Out of bounds read in a subsystem for Intel(R) Graphics Driver versions before 26.20.100.7209 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Information Disclosure +7
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Pointer corruption in the Unified Shader Compiler in Intel(R) Graphics Drivers before 10.18.14.5074 (aka 15.36.x.5074) may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Denial Of Service Null Pointer Dereference +7
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

Insufficient input validation in Kernel Mode module for Intel(R) Graphics Driver before version 25.20.100.6519 may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable denial of service via local access. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Intel Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage +5
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.0
MEDIUM This Month

Improper conditions check in the voltage modulation interface for some Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable Processors may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.0), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Debian Intel +60
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

Insufficient access control in subsystem for Intel (R) processor graphics in 6th, 7th, 8th and 9th Generation Intel(R) Core(TM) Processor Families; Intel(R) Pentium(R) Processor J, N, Silver and Gold. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Canonical Intel +147
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