Denial of Service
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 (39795)
Denial of service in MongoDB Server allows authenticated remote attackers to crash the database process by submitting aggregation pipelines that combine the internal fromRouter:true flag with runtimeConstants.userRoles. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, but the bug is tracked in MongoDB's public JIRA (SERVER-123918), which makes the trigger conditions discoverable. Impact is limited to availability (VA:H) with no data exposure or integrity compromise.
Denial of service in MongoDB Server occurs when an authenticated user issues a $changeStreams aggregation combined with the internal $_requestReshardingResumeToken option and the exchange option, triggering a reachable invariant that crashes the mongod process. Any logged-in user with low privileges can repeatedly invoke the crash on default deployments, producing service-wide downtime. No public exploit identified at time of analysis and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV, but the bug is vendor-confirmed via MongoDB Jira SERVER-124190.
Denial of service in MongoDB Server 8.0 allows authenticated users with aggregation pipeline privileges to crash the server process by issuing a specially crafted aggregation followed by a getMore command on the same cursor, triggering a null pointer dereference in the aggregation stage's _subPipeline field. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV, but the low attack complexity and minimal privilege requirement make it a credible availability threat for multi-tenant or shared MongoDB deployments.
Pre-authentication denial-of-service in MongoDB Server allows unauthenticated remote clients to crash the database process by submitting a crafted 'mechanism' value to the 'authenticate' command when OIDC authentication is configured. The flaw carries a CVSS 4.0 base score of 8.2 driven by network reachability, no privileges required, and high availability impact; no public exploit identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV.
Denial-of-service in Adobe CAI Content Credentials (c2pa-web 0.7.1 and c2pa 0.80.1 and earlier) allows remote unauthenticated attackers to crash the application by triggering an integer overflow during C2PA content processing. With a CVSS of 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) and no public exploit identified at time of analysis, the bug carries pure availability impact - no data exposure or code execution - but is trivially reachable by anyone who can feed input to the library.
Denial-of-service in Adobe's CAI Content Credentials SDK (c2pa-web 0.7.1 and c2pa 0.80.1 and earlier) allows remote unauthenticated attackers to crash the application by submitting malformed input that bypasses validation. The flaw carries a CVSS 7.5 rating driven entirely by availability impact, with no confidentiality or integrity consequences. There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and the vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV.
Denial-of-service in Adobe CAI Content Credentials (c2pa-web 0.7.1 and c2pa 0.80.1 and earlier) allows remote unauthenticated attackers to exhaust system resources and crash the application by triggering uncontrolled resource consumption during C2PA content processing. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV, but the CVSS 7.5 score reflects easy network-based exploitation with no user interaction required. Affected deployments are those embedding Adobe's Content Authenticity SDK for verifying or generating C2PA provenance manifests on web-facing services.
Arbitrary code execution in Adobe Acrobat Reader (versions 24.001.30365, 26.001.21651, and earlier) occurs when a victim opens a maliciously crafted PDF, triggering a use-after-free memory corruption that lets the attacker run code with the privileges of the logged-on user. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV; however, Acrobat Reader is a perennial target for phishing-delivered malware, making patching a near-term priority. Adobe has issued APSB26-63 with fixed builds.
Arbitrary code execution in Adobe Acrobat Reader (versions 24.001.30365, 26.001.21651, and earlier) is triggered when a user opens a malicious PDF, exploiting a Use-After-Free memory corruption flaw to run code as the current user. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and EPSS data was not provided, but the high CVSS of 7.8 combined with Reader's massive install base makes this a routine patch priority. Vendor (Adobe) issued advisory APSB26-63 with corrective updates.
Arbitrary code execution in Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 24.001.30365, 26.001.21651 and earlier results from a use-after-free memory corruption bug (CWE-416) triggered when a victim opens a malicious PDF. Code runs in the security context of the current user, making this a credible client-side initial-access vector via phishing or drive-by document delivery. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV.
Arbitrary code execution in Adobe Acrobat Reader (versions 24.001.30365, 26.001.21651 and earlier) is possible when a victim opens a maliciously crafted PDF, triggering a use-after-free memory corruption flaw. Code runs with the privileges of the current user, and no public exploit identified at time of analysis, though Adobe has released APSB26-63 as the corresponding advisory.
Arbitrary code execution in Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 24.001.30365, 26.001.21651 and earlier is possible when a victim opens a maliciously crafted file that triggers a use-after-free in the document parser. The flaw runs code in the context of the logged-in user and carries a CVSS 7.8 (High) score, but requires user interaction; no public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS data is not provided in the input.
Arbitrary code execution in Adobe Acrobat Reader (versions 24.001.30365, 26.001.21651, and earlier) is possible when a victim opens a maliciously crafted document, triggering a use-after-free condition in the renderer. The flaw runs code in the context of the current user and has no public exploit identified at time of analysis, though Adobe issued advisory APSB26-63 confirming the vulnerability class and affected versions.
Arbitrary code execution in Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 24.001.30365, 26.001.21651 and earlier occurs through a use-after-free flaw triggered when a victim opens a maliciously crafted PDF document. Code executes in the context of the current user, making this a classic client-side document exploit vector. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the issue is not currently listed in CISA KEV.
Arbitrary code execution in Adobe Acrobat Reader (versions 24.001.30365, 26.001.21651 and earlier) is possible when a victim opens a maliciously crafted PDF that triggers a use-after-free condition in the parser. Exploitation runs at the privilege of the user opening the file, and no public exploit identified at time of analysis. CVSS 7.8 reflects the local attack vector and required user interaction, but Reader's massive install base makes this a high-value target for phishing-driven campaigns.
Arbitrary code execution in Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 24.001.30365, 26.001.21651 and earlier stems from a Use After Free condition (CWE-416) that triggers when a victim opens a malicious PDF, yielding execution in the context of the current user. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV, but the file-opening attack pattern is a perennial favorite in phishing and document-borne campaigns targeting Acrobat. Adobe has shipped fixed builds under advisory APSB26-63.
Arbitrary code execution in Adobe Acrobat Reader versions 24.001.30365, 26.001.21651 and earlier occurs through a use-after-free condition triggered by opening a malicious PDF document. Successful exploitation runs code in the context of the current user, but no public exploit identified at time of analysis and the issue requires user interaction to open the crafted file.
Arbitrary code execution in Adobe Acrobat Reader 24.001.30365, 26.001.21651, and earlier versions occurs through a use-after-free condition triggered when a victim opens a malicious PDF file. Successful exploitation runs attacker-supplied code with the privileges of the current user, making this a viable phishing and drive-by document attack vector. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the vulnerability is not currently listed in CISA KEV.
Arbitrary code execution in Adobe InDesign Desktop 21.3, 20.5.3 and earlier stems from a use-after-free condition triggered when a user opens a maliciously crafted document, allowing an attacker to run code with the privileges of the logged-in user. The flaw is reported by Adobe with a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 and tagged for RCE, denial of service, and memory corruption, but there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV.
Remote denial-of-service in Microsoft's HTTP/2 implementation allows unauthenticated network attackers to exhaust server resources and disrupt service availability. The flaw (CWE-400, uncontrolled resource consumption) was reported by Microsoft's MSRC and carries a CVSS 7.5 score driven entirely by availability impact, with no public exploit identified at time of analysis.
Local privilege escalation in Microsoft Windows Kernel allows an authenticated low-privileged user to elevate to SYSTEM by triggering a use-after-free condition (CWE-416). The flaw carries a CVSS 7.8 score with local attack vector and low privileges required, and no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis. Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) is the sole referenced authoritative source, indicating this is a vendor-discovered and vendor-tracked issue.
Local privilege escalation in Microsoft Office Click-To-Run stems from a use-after-free condition (CWE-416) that lets an authorized low-privilege user elevate to higher privileges on the host. The flaw, reported by Microsoft's MSRC, carries a CVSS 7.0 (AV:L/AC:H/PR:L) reflecting that exploitation requires local access, low privileges, and a successful race-window or memory-state condition. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the vulnerability is not currently listed in CISA KEV.
Remote code execution in the Windows Kernel allows unauthenticated network attackers to execute arbitrary code by triggering a use-after-free condition (CWE-122 heap-related memory corruption). The flaw was reported by Microsoft (secure@microsoft.com) and carries a critical CVSS 9.8 with no public exploit identified at time of analysis. Tag metadata indicates the bug can also be leveraged for heap overflow and denial-of-service outcomes.
Local privilege escalation in Microsoft Windows Kernel allows an authenticated low-privilege attacker to elevate to SYSTEM by triggering a use-after-free condition in kernel memory. The flaw carries a CVSS 7.0 rating with high attack complexity, and no public exploit identified at time of analysis. Exploitation requires a race condition or specific timing to be won, which constrains reliable weaponization but does not eliminate the risk on multi-user or shared Windows hosts.
Local privilege escalation in the Windows Bluetooth Port Driver allows an authorized low-privileged attacker to elevate to higher privileges by triggering a use-after-free condition in the kernel-mode driver. The flaw is reported by Microsoft Security Response Center and carries a CVSS 7.0 (high) rating with high attack complexity, and no public exploit identified at time of analysis. EPSS data and CISA KEV status were not provided in the input, so widespread exploitation is not confirmed.
Local privilege escalation in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver (AFD.sys) for WinSock allows an authenticated low-privileged user to gain SYSTEM-level access through a use-after-free condition. The flaw was reported by Microsoft (MSRC) and carries a CVSS 7.8 score with high impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, though the AFD.sys driver has a long history of similar bugs being weaponized post-disclosure.
Local privilege escalation in Microsoft Windows Desktop Window Manager (DWM) Core Library enables an authorized low-privileged user to gain elevated privileges through a use-after-free memory corruption flaw. The vulnerability carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.8 with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and no public exploit identified at time of analysis. Exploitation requires the attacker to already have local code execution as a standard user, making it a strong candidate for post-compromise chaining toward SYSTEM-level access.
Remote code execution in the Microsoft Windows Universal Plug and Play stack (upnp.dll) allows unauthenticated network attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected hosts by triggering a memory-safety flaw in the UPnP service. The issue carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.1 (AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N), reflecting network reachability without credentials but high attack complexity. At time of analysis there is no public exploit identified and the CVE is not listed in CISA KEV.
Local privilege escalation in the Windows Bluetooth Service stems from a use-after-free condition (CWE-416) that an authenticated low-privilege user can trigger to gain elevated rights on the host. The CVSS 7.8 vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N) reflects a fully local attack with high impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis. The flaw was reported by Microsoft (secure@microsoft.com) and tracked in the MSRC update guide.
Local privilege escalation in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (afd.sys) allows an authenticated low-privileged user to elevate to SYSTEM by winning a race condition that triggers a use-after-free. The flaw is reported by Microsoft (MSRC) and carries CVSS 7.0 with high attack complexity, but no public exploit is identified at time of analysis and it is not listed in CISA KEV.
Local privilege escalation in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (AFD.sys) allows an authenticated low-privileged attacker to win a race condition and gain SYSTEM-level execution. The flaw is a use-after-free triggered through concurrent WinSock operations, and at time of analysis no public exploit has been identified and the CVE is not on the CISA KEV list.
Remote code execution in the Windows Universal Plug and Play service (upnp.dll) allows unauthenticated network attackers to execute arbitrary code by triggering a use-after-free condition. The flaw carries a CVSS 3.1 base score of 8.1, lowered by high attack complexity (AC:H) reflecting the race-condition or memory-state requirements typical of UAF bugs. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the CVE is not currently listed in CISA KEV; EPSS data was not provided in the input.
Local privilege escalation in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (afd.sys) allows an authenticated low-privileged user to win a race condition and trigger a use-after-free, enabling code execution at kernel level. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, but AFD.sys has a long history of being a preferred LPE target and Microsoft has marked the issue as important. EPSS data was not provided in the source feed.
Local privilege escalation in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (afd.sys) allows an authenticated local user to gain SYSTEM-level rights by winning a race condition that leads to a use-after-free in kernel memory. The flaw affects Windows installations where afd.sys is loaded (effectively all desktop and server SKUs) and was reported by Microsoft Security Response Center; no public exploit identified at time of analysis and the vulnerability is not listed on the CISA KEV catalog.
Local privilege escalation in Microsoft Windows SDK enables an authenticated low-privileged attacker to elevate to higher privileges by exploiting a use-after-free memory corruption flaw. The CVSS 7.8 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L) profile reflects local attack with low complexity and low privileges required, yielding full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. No public exploit identified at time of analysis and the vulnerability is not currently listed in CISA KEV.
Remote denial of service in ASP.NET Core enables unauthenticated network attackers to exhaust server resources and disrupt application availability. The CVSS 7.5 score reflects high availability impact with low attack complexity and no required privileges or user interaction, though no public exploit identified at time of analysis. Microsoft (secure@microsoft.com) is the reporting source via MSRC, indicating a vendor-coordinated disclosure.
Local privilege escalation in the Linux MANA (Microsoft Azure Network Adapter) driver allows an authenticated attacker with high privileges on the host to escalate privileges across security boundaries by exploiting a use-after-free condition. The flaw was reported by Microsoft Security Response Center and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.2 driven by scope change and high impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the vulnerability is not currently listed in CISA KEV.
Local privilege escalation in the Windows Desktop Window Manager (DWM) Core Library enables an authenticated low-privilege attacker to gain elevated rights through a use-after-free memory corruption flaw. The issue carries a CVSS 7.8 (High) rating with total confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact, and no public exploit identified at time of analysis. CISA SSVC scoring marks exploitation as 'none' and not automatable, suggesting limited real-world activity despite the severe technical impact.
Local privilege escalation in the Windows Desktop Window Manager (DWM) Core Library allows an authenticated low-privileged user to elevate to higher privileges on the host by triggering a use-after-free condition. The flaw was reported by Microsoft (MSRC) and carries a CVSS 7.8 with no public exploit identified at time of analysis. EPSS data was not provided and the issue is not currently listed in CISA KEV.
Local privilege escalation in the Windows Common Log File System (CLFS) Driver allows an authenticated low-privileged attacker to elevate to SYSTEM via a use-after-free memory corruption flaw. The vulnerability carries a CVSS 7.8 rating with high impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and no public exploit identified at time of analysis. CLFS has a long history of being targeted for kernel-level privilege escalation, making this class of bug a recurring concern for Windows defenders.
Local privilege escalation in the Windows Desktop Window Manager (DWM) Core Library stems from a use-after-free condition (CWE-122) that lets an authenticated low-privileged user gain elevated rights on affected Windows systems. The flaw was reported by Microsoft (secure@microsoft.com) and tracked via MSRC, with no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no CISA KEV listing. CVSS 7.8 reflects high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability once the attacker has local foothold.
Local privilege escalation in Microsoft Windows Desktop Window Manager (DWM) Core Library allows an authenticated low-privileged user to elevate to SYSTEM via a use-after-free memory corruption flaw. CVSS 7.8 with high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but currently no public exploit identified at time of analysis and CISA SSVC rates exploitation status as 'none' with automation as 'no'.
Local privilege escalation in the Windows Desktop Window Manager (DWM) Core Library allows an authenticated low-privileged user to elevate to higher privileges by exploiting a use-after-free memory corruption flaw (CWE-416). The issue was reported by Microsoft's security team (secure@microsoft.com) and tracked via MSRC, with no public exploit identified at time of analysis. Successful exploitation yields full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact on the local host.
Local privilege escalation in the Windows Desktop Window Manager (DWM) Core Library allows an authenticated low-privilege attacker to gain higher privileges through a use-after-free memory corruption flaw. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.8 with high impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and no public exploit identified at time of analysis. Successful exploitation typically yields SYSTEM-level code execution on the affected Windows host.
Remote code execution in Microsoft Windows Deployment Services (WDS) allows unauthenticated network-based attackers to execute arbitrary code by exploiting a use-after-free memory corruption flaw (CWE-416). The CVSS 8.1 score reflects high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though exploit complexity is rated High. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and SSVC marks exploitation status as none with the flaw classified as not automatable.
Local privilege escalation in the Microsoft Graphics Component allows an authenticated low-privileged attacker to gain elevated rights via a use-after-free memory corruption flaw (CWE-416). The issue carries a CVSS 7.8 (High) rating with full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact on the affected host. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the vulnerability is not currently listed in CISA KEV.
Local privilege escalation in Microsoft Windows Kernel allows an authorized low-privileged attacker to gain elevated (SYSTEM-level) privileges by triggering a use-after-free condition in kernel memory. The flaw carries a CVSS 7.0 (High) rating with high attack complexity, and Microsoft has released a patch via MSRC; no public exploit identified at time of analysis. Successful exploitation breaks the local Windows security boundary, enabling full host compromise from any authenticated session.
Local privilege escalation in Microsoft Windows Desktop Window Manager (DWM) Core Library enables an authenticated low-privileged attacker to gain elevated privileges through a use-after-free memory corruption flaw. CVSS 7.8 reflects high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability but requires local access and existing user-level credentials. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the issue is not currently listed in CISA KEV.
Local privilege escalation in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (afd.sys) allows an authenticated low-privileged user to elevate to SYSTEM via a use-after-free condition. The flaw affects Microsoft Windows installations using the standard WinSock kernel driver and has a vendor-released patch available through Microsoft's security update guide. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, though afd.sys has historically been a frequent target for elevation-of-privilege exploitation.
Local privilege escalation in the Windows Desktop Window Manager (DWM) Core Library enables an authorized low-privilege user to elevate to higher privileges via a use-after-free condition. The flaw carries a CVSS 7.8 (High) and no public exploit identified at time of analysis, though Microsoft has acknowledged the issue through MSRC. Successful exploitation grants full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact on the affected host.
Local privilege escalation in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (AFD.sys) allows an authenticated low-privileged user to elevate to SYSTEM by triggering a use-after-free condition in the kernel-mode driver. No public exploit identified at time of analysis and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV, but AFD.sys has a long history of being targeted for kernel EoP, making this a likely candidate for future weaponization. CVSS 7.0 reflects the high attack complexity required to reliably win the underlying race or reuse condition.
Heap-based buffer overflow in NVIDIA DALI enables local authenticated attackers to achieve code execution, data tampering, denial of service, or information disclosure when a victim user interacts with attacker-supplied input. The flaw affects the Data Loading Library used in GPU-accelerated deep learning data pipelines and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 7.3 (High). No public exploit identified at time of analysis and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV.
Local code execution and data tampering in NVIDIA DALI (Data Loading Library) is possible when a low-privileged user is tricked into processing attacker-controlled input through a component that performs improper index validation (CWE-129). The CVSS 7.3 vector (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R) indicates local access, low privileges, and user interaction are required, with high impact across confidentiality, integrity, and availability. No public exploit identified at time of analysis and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV.
Denial of service in FreeSWITCH prior to version 1.11.1 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to crash the entire telephony process by sending a single WebSocket frame carrying a deeply nested JSON document. The recursive parsing exhausts the worker thread's stack and triggers SIGSEGV via the kernel stack guard page, terminating all active calls and sessions on the host. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV, but the trivial network-reachable trigger and availability-only impact make it a credible service-disruption risk for exposed VoIP infrastructure.
Unauthenticated outbound bandwidth amplification in FreeSWITCH versions prior to 1.11.1 allows remote attackers to coerce the server into emitting roughly 20 GB of traffic per short request via the mod_verto WebSocket #SPU speed-test command. The pre-auth code path parses the requested payload size with atoi() and only rejects non-positive values, letting a peer ask for up to INT_MAX bytes and triggering a size*10 download. No public exploit is identified at time of analysis, but the high-severity CVSS (7.5, A:H) and trivial trigger make this a credible DDoS-as-a-service primitive.
Heap corruption in FreeSWITCH libesl prior to version 1.11.1 allows a malicious or man-in-the-middle Event Socket Library (ESL) peer to crash or corrupt the memory of any process linked against libesl by sending a frame containing a negative Content-Length header. The flaw is pre-authentication and reachable before the client completes authentication to the peer, and no public exploit identified at time of analysis despite a CVSS of 9.1.
Remote denial of service in 389 Directory Server (Red Hat Directory Server 11/12/13 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 through 10) allows unauthenticated network attackers to crash the LDAP daemon by exploiting an unchecked BER structure allocation in the dereference control plugin when the host is under memory pressure. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and EPSS exploitation probability is very low (0.09%, 25th percentile), but the unauthenticated network-reachable nature warrants prompt patching of internet-facing or business-critical directory services.
Use-after-free and VFS invariant violations in the Linux kernel SMC subsystem (5.17 through pre-6.19.4) allow local privileged users to trigger memory corruption and system instability via the TCP ULP-to-SMC conversion path. The upstream maintainers fully reverted the underlying commit d7cd421da9da rather than attempting an in-place fix, citing fundamental design flaws; no public exploit identified at time of analysis and EPSS sits at 0.02% (5th percentile).
Denial of service in OpenSSL 3.6.0-3.6.2 and 4.0.0 allows remote attackers to crash applications by triggering a NULL pointer dereference during certificate verification when OCSP checking is enabled. The flaw is patched in OpenSSL 4.0.1 (and 3.6.3) per the vendor's 2026-06-09 security advisory; no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV.
Denial of service in OpenSSL 3.5.x, 3.6.x, and 4.0.0 stems from a NULL pointer dereference triggered during QUIC server initial packet handling, allowing remote unauthenticated attackers to crash affected servers by sending crafted QUIC traffic. The flaw was disclosed via the OpenSSL 4.0.1 security release on 2026-06-09 alongside multiple other CVEs; no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no CISA KEV listing. Patched versions are available from the upstream project and downstream distributions including Ubuntu (USN-8414-1).
Remote code execution and denial of service in Zephyr RTOS HTTP server (versions 3.7.0 through 4.3.0) allow unauthenticated network attackers to corrupt stack memory by sending a crafted Sec-WebSocket-Key header during WebSocket upgrade. The flaw is a CWE-170 improper NUL-termination issue where a bounded copy fails to terminate the header buffer, causing strlen() and subsequent concatenation to read and write past stack bounds. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, but the CVSS 9.8 rating and trivially reachable attack surface make this a high-priority issue for any Zephyr deployment with CONFIG_HTTP_SERVER_WEBSOCKET enabled.
Memory exhaustion in Spring HATEOAS versions 1.5.0-1.5.6, 2.3.0-2.3.4, 2.4.0-2.4.1, 2.5.0-2.5.2, and 3.0.0-3.0.3 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to cause denial of service by sending requests with attacker-controlled link relation strings that accumulate indefinitely in an unbounded static cache of StringLinkRelation instances. With a CVSS 7.5 (high availability impact) and no public exploit identified at time of analysis, the issue is straightforward to trigger against any internet-facing Spring HATEOAS endpoint that derives link relations from request data. Not listed in CISA KEV.
Denial of service in VMware's Spring Framework (versions 5.3.0-5.3.48, 6.1.0-6.1.27, 6.2.0-6.2.18, and 7.0.0-7.0.7) lets remote attackers exhaust memory in applications that evaluate user-supplied Spring Expression Language (SpEL) expressions, where crafted expressions trigger unbounded internal cache growth. No authentication or user interaction is required per the CVSS vector (PR:N/UI:N), and the impact is availability-only (C:N/I:N/A:H). There is no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the EPSS probability is very low (0.01%, 2nd percentile), though CISA's SSVC framework flags the issue as automatable.
Algorithmic denial of service in Spring Framework SpEL evaluation allows remote unauthenticated attackers to exhaust CPU/memory resources by submitting specially crafted Spring Expression Language expressions, degrading or crashing affected applications. Impacts Spring Framework 5.3.x through 7.0.x in any application that evaluates user-supplied SpEL. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the CVSS 7.5 score reflects high availability impact with no confidentiality or integrity compromise.
Denial of service in Spring Framework 5.3.0 through 5.3.48 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to exhaust server resources by submitting crafted Spring Expression Language (SpEL) expressions that trigger an integer overflow during evaluation. The CVSS 7.5 score reflects high availability impact with no confidentiality or integrity loss, and no public exploit identified at time of analysis. Applications that evaluate untrusted SpEL input are at greatest risk.
Denial of service in Spring Framework's AntPathMatcher allows remote unauthenticated attackers to exhaust CPU resources via Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) when attacker-controlled patterns are passed to match(), matchStart(), or extractUriTemplateVariables(). Affects Spring Framework 5.3.0-5.3.48, 6.1.0-6.1.27, 6.2.0-6.2.18, and 7.0.0-7.0.7. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, EPSS is very low (0.01%, 2nd percentile), and SSVC indicates no observed exploitation.
Denial of service in Spring Framework's Spring MVC and WebFlux static resource resolution allows remote unauthenticated attackers to exhaust application resources, affecting versions 5.3.0-5.3.48, 6.1.0-6.1.27, 6.2.0-6.2.18, and 7.0.0-7.0.7. The CVSS 7.5 score reflects high-impact availability damage over the network with no privileges or user interaction, and at time of analysis no public exploit identified at time of analysis. The flaw was reported by VMware (Spring's maintainer) and is tracked under the official Spring Security advisory.
Denial-of-service in Micrometer (micrometer-core, micrometer-jetty11, and micrometer-jetty12) allows remote unauthenticated attackers to exhaust resources by sending specially crafted HTTP requests against applications that expose Micrometer-instrumented endpoints. The flaw affects a wide swath of supported 1.9.x through 1.16.x release lines and carries a CVSS 7.5 (availability-only) impact. No public exploit identified at time of analysis and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV.
Denial-of-service in Micrometer (Spring observability library) versions 1.15.0-1.15.11 and 1.16.0-1.16.5 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to exhaust resources via specially crafted gRPC requests. With CVSS 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) reflecting availability-only impact, the issue is reachable over the network without credentials, though no public exploit identified at time of analysis. Applications embedding Micrometer's gRPC instrumentation are most exposed.
Sandbox escape in Google Chrome prior to 149.0.7827.103 allows a remote attacker who has already compromised the renderer process to break out of the sandbox via a use-after-free flaw in the Tracing component, triggered through a crafted HTML page. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and SSVC indicates exploitation status is 'none', but the technical impact is rated total because a successful escape grants code execution at browser-process privileges. Google has shipped a fix and rates the underlying Chromium severity as Medium, while the assigned CVSS is 8.3 due to scope change and high CIA impact.
Heap corruption in Google Chrome on macOS prior to version 149.0.7827.103 can be triggered remotely through a crafted HTML page that exploits a use-after-free condition in the browser's Bluetooth component. Successful exploitation requires the victim to visit attacker-controlled content but no authentication, and Google has rated the underlying Chromium severity as High with no public exploit identified at time of analysis.
Heap corruption in Google Chrome on macOS prior to version 149.0.7827.103 allows remote attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code by luring a victim to a crafted HTML page that triggers a use-after-free in the browser's Bluetooth component. Google has released a patched stable channel update, and while no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, the CVSS 8.8 score reflects the high impact achievable with only a single user click. CISA SSVC currently scores exploitation as 'none' but technical impact as 'total', consistent with a serious but not yet weaponized browser flaw.
Sandboxed remote code execution in Google Chrome versions prior to 149.0.7827.103 allows attackers who have already compromised the renderer process to execute arbitrary code via a crafted HTML page that triggers a use-after-free in the ServiceWorker component. Rated High severity by Chromium with a CVSS 7.5, the flaw requires user interaction (visiting a malicious page) and a pre-existing renderer compromise, and no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis. The vendor has released a patched Stable channel update.
Sandbox escape in Google Chrome versions prior to 149.0.7827.103 allows remote attackers who have already compromised the renderer process to break out of the sandbox via a use-after-free in the Read Anything component when processing a crafted HTML page. Google rates this Chromium-severity High, and no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, but the CVSS 8.3 score reflects the severity of full sandbox escape leading to scoped impact beyond the renderer. This is a second-stage bug requiring chaining with a renderer compromise, not a one-shot drive-by.
Heap corruption in Google Chrome on macOS prior to 149.0.7827.103 enables remote attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code by luring a user to a crafted HTML page that exploits a use-after-free in the Dawn WebGPU implementation. The flaw carries a CVSS 8.8 (High) rating and Chromium rates it High severity; no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, but Chrome browser bugs of this class are historically attractive targets for in-the-wild exploitation. Patch is available from Google.
Remote code execution in Google Chrome versions prior to 149.0.7827.103 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code within the browser sandbox by luring users to a malicious HTML page that triggers a use-after-free in the WebCodecs component. Chromium rates this as High severity with a CVSS score of 8.8, and while a vendor patch is available, no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis. Exploitation requires user interaction (visiting a crafted page), which moderates real-world risk somewhat but still places this in the high-priority browser-patching tier.
Heap corruption in Google Chrome's Ozone component on Linux before version 149.0.7827.103 allows remote attackers to potentially achieve arbitrary code execution within the browser process when a victim visits a crafted HTML page. The flaw is a use-after-free rated High severity by Chromium, with CVSS 8.8 reflecting network-reachable exploitation requiring only minimal user interaction. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the vulnerability is not currently listed in CISA KEV.
Remote code execution in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 149.0.7827.103 allows attackers to run arbitrary code inside the renderer sandbox when a victim visits a crafted HTML page, triggering a use-after-free condition in the Media component. The flaw carries a CVSS 8.8 (High) rating and is tagged by Chromium as High severity. No public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV.
Sandbox escape in Google Chrome on Windows before 149.0.7827.103 allows a remote attacker who has already compromised the renderer process to break out of the browser sandbox via a use-after-free in the Codecs component triggered by a crafted HTML page. Google rates this Chromium security severity as High, and a vendor patch is available; no public exploit was identified at time of analysis, though the scope-changed CVSS 8.3 reflects the cross-boundary impact of breaching the sandbox.
Remote code execution in Google Chrome's Guest View component prior to version 149.0.7827.103 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code within the renderer sandbox by luring users to a crafted HTML page. The flaw is a use-after-free memory corruption issue rated High severity by Chromium with a CVSS of 8.8, and while no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis, Google has shipped a patched stable channel build. Exploitation requires user interaction (visiting a malicious page) and code execution is confined to the sandbox, meaning a sandbox escape would be needed for full host compromise.
Remote code execution in Google Chrome versions prior to 149.0.7827.103 stems from a use-after-free flaw in the InterestGroups component, enabling a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code within the renderer sandbox via a crafted HTML page. The vulnerability carries a CVSS 8.8 (High) score and is rated High severity by Chromium, but no public exploit identified at time of analysis and SSVC indicates exploitation status of none. Attack requires user interaction (visiting a malicious page) but no authentication.
Sandbox escape in Google Chrome before 149.0.7827.103 allows a remote attacker to break out of the renderer sandbox through a use-after-free in the Navigation component when a victim visits a crafted HTML page. The CVSS 9.6 score reflects a scope-changing impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability with only user interaction (visiting a page) required, and no public exploit was identified at time of analysis.
Remote code execution in Google Chrome versions prior to 149.0.7827.103 stems from a use-after-free flaw in the PDF component, enabling a remote attacker who lures a user into opening a crafted PDF to execute arbitrary code within the renderer sandbox. Rated High by Chromium with CVSS 8.8, the issue requires user interaction but no authentication, and currently has no public exploit identified at time of analysis.
Heap corruption in Google Chrome's Payments component before 149.0.7827.103 allows remote attackers to exploit a use-after-free condition by enticing a victim to visit a crafted HTML page, potentially achieving arbitrary code execution within the renderer sandbox. Chromium rates the severity as High, and CVSS 8.8 reflects network-reachable exploitation with low complexity, though successful exploitation requires user interaction (visiting an attacker-controlled page). No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV.
Sandbox escape in Google Chrome versions prior to 149.0.7827.103 allows a remote attacker who has already compromised the renderer process to break out of the Chromium sandbox via a use-after-free in the Skia graphics library. The flaw is rated High severity by Chromium and carries a CVSS 8.3, but exploitation requires both a prior renderer compromise and user interaction with a crafted HTML page. No public exploit identified at time of analysis.
Sandbox escape in Google Chrome on Windows prior to 149.0.7827.103 allows a remote attacker who has already compromised the renderer process to break out of the browser sandbox via a use-after-free in the Views component, triggered through a crafted HTML page. Google rates this Chromium security severity High and a vendor patch is available; no public exploit identified at time of analysis and the bug is not currently listed in CISA KEV.
Remote code execution in Google Chrome on macOS prior to version 149.0.7827.103 stems from a use-after-free flaw in the Payments component, allowing a remote attacker to run arbitrary code in the renderer process via a crafted HTML page. The issue carries a CVSS 8.8 (High) rating and was reported through Google's internal Chrome security process; no public exploit identified at time of analysis. Exploitation requires the victim to load attacker-controlled web content (UI:R), but no authentication or special privileges are needed.
Sandbox escape in Google Chrome versions prior to 149.0.7827.103 stems from a use-after-free condition in the ServiceWorker component, allowing an attacker to break out of Chrome's renderer sandbox through a crafted malicious extension. The flaw is rated Chromium severity High with CVSS 8.3 and no public exploit identified at time of analysis, but the scope-change (S:C) and full CIA impact mean a successful escape grants meaningful control over the host browser process. Exploitation requires the victim to install the attacker's extension, which constrains opportunistic mass exploitation but is realistic against targeted users.
Sandbox escape in Google Chrome for Mac (versions prior to 149.0.7827.103) stems from a use-after-free condition in the CameraCapture component, enabling a remote attacker to break out of the renderer sandbox via a crafted HTML page. With a CVSS of 9.6 (scope-changed, high impact across CIA) and an upstream fix released by Google, the bug carries high severity but requires user interaction to load the malicious page; no public exploit identified at time of analysis.
Sandbox escape in Google Chrome versions prior to 149.0.7827.103 enables a remote attacker who has already compromised the renderer process to break out of the browser sandbox through a use-after-free flaw in the Extensions component, triggered via a crafted HTML page. Google rates the underlying Chromium severity as High and a vendor patch is available, though no public exploit has been identified at time of analysis and the issue is not listed in CISA KEV. The vulnerability is meaningful as the second stage in a multi-bug renderer-to-system exploit chain rather than as a single-shot drive-by.