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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 (40236)

EPSS 7% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.010.20100 and earlier, 2019.010.20099 and earlier, 2017.011.30140 and earlier version, 2017.011.30138 and earlier, 2015.006.30495 and earlier, and. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 5% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.010.20100 and earlier, 2019.010.20099 and earlier, 2017.011.30140 and earlier, 2017.011.30138 and earlier, 2015.006.30495 and earlier, and 2015.006.30493 and. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 7% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.010.20100 and earlier, 2019.010.20099 and earlier, 2017.011.30140 and earlier, 2017.011.30138 and earlier, 2015.006.30495 and earlier, and 2015.006.30493 and. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 9% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.010.20100 and earlier, 2019.010.20099 and earlier, 2017.011.30140 and earlier, 2017.011.30138 and earlier, 2015.006.30495 and earlier, and 2015.006.30493 and. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 10% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.010.20100 and earlier, 2019.010.20099 and earlier, 2017.011.30140 and earlier, 2017.011.30138 and earlier, 2015.006.30495 and earlier, and 2015.006.30493 and. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 10% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.010.20100 and earlier, 2019.010.20099 and earlier, 2017.011.30140 and earlier version, 2017.011.30138 and earlier version, 2015.006.30495 and earlier, and. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 10% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.010.20100 and earlier, 2019.010.20099 and earlier, 2017.011.30140 and earlier, 2017.011.30138 and earlier, 2015.006.30495 and earlier, and 2015.006.30493 and. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 10% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.010.20100 and earlier, 2019.010.20099 and earlier, 2017.011.30140 and earlier, 2017.011.30138 and earlier, 2015.006.30495 and earlier, and 2015.006.30493 and. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 10% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.010.20100 and earlier, 2019.010.20099 and earlier, 2017.011.30140 and earlier, 2017.011.30138 and earlier, 2015.006.30495 and earlier, and 2015.006.30493 and. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 10% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.010.20100 and earlier, 2019.010.20099 and earlier, 2017.011.30140 and earlier, 2017.011.30138 and earlier, 2015.006.30495 and earlier, and 2015.006.30493 and. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 7% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.010.20100 and earlier, 2019.010.20099 and earlier, 2017.011.30140 and earlier, 2017.011.30138 and earlier, 2015.006.30495 and earlier, and 2015.006.30493 and. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 7% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.010.20100 and earlier, 2019.010.20099 and earlier, 2017.011.30140 and earlier, 2017.011.30138 and earlier, 2015.006.30495 and earlier, and 2015.006.30493 and. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 7% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.010.20100 and earlier, 2019.010.20099 and earlier, 2017.011.30140 and earlier, 2017.011.30138 and earlier, 2015.006.30495 and earlier, and 2015.006.30493 and. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 7% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.010.20100 and earlier, 2019.010.20099 and earlier, 2017.011.30140 and earlier, 2017.011.30138 and earlier, 2015.006.30495 and earlier, and 2015.006.30493 and. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 6% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.010.20100 and earlier, 2019.010.20099 and earlier, 2017.011.30140 and earlier version, 2017.011.30138 and earlier version, 2015.006.30495 and earlier, and. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 10% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.010.20100 and earlier, 2019.010.20099 and earlier, 2017.011.30140 and earlier, 2017.011.30138 and earlier, 2015.006.30495 and earlier, and 2015.006.30493 and. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 7% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.010.20100 and earlier, 2019.010.20099 and earlier, 2017.011.30140 and earlier, 2017.011.30138 and earlier, 2015.006.30495 and earlier, and 2015.006.30493 and. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 7% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.010.20100 and earlier, 2019.010.20099 and earlier, 2017.011.30140 and earlier, 2017.011.30138 and earlier, 2015.006.30495 and earlier, and 2015.006.30493 and. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 7% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.010.20100 and earlier, 2019.010.20099 and earlier, 2017.011.30140 and earlier, 2017.011.30138 and earlier, 2015.006.30495 and earlier, and 2015.006.30493 and. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 10% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.010.20100 and earlier, 2019.010.20099 and earlier, 2017.011.30140 and earlier, 2017.011.30138 and earlier, 2015.006.30495 and earlier, and 2015.006.30493 and. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 10% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.010.20100 and earlier, 2019.010.20099 and earlier, 2017.011.30140 and earlier, 2017.011.30138 and earlier, 2015.006.30495 and earlier, and 2015.006.30493 and. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 7% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.010.20100 and earlier, 2019.010.20099 and earlier, 2017.011.30140 and earlier, 2017.011.30138 and earlier, 2015.006.30495 and earlier, and 2015.006.30493 and. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 5% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.010.20100 and earlier, 2019.010.20099 and earlier, 2017.011.30140 and earlier, 2017.011.30138 and earlier, 2015.006.30495 and earlier, and 2015.006.30493 and. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 7% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.010.20100 and earlier, 2019.010.20099 and earlier, 2017.011.30140 and earlier, 2017.011.30138 and earlier, 2015.006.30495 and earlier, and 2015.006.30493 and. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 7% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.010.20100 and earlier, 2019.010.20099 and earlier, 2017.011.30140 and earlier, 2017.011.30138 and earlier, 2015.006.30495 and earlier, and 2015.006.30493 and. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 5% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.010.20100 and earlier, 2019.010.20099 and earlier, 2017.011.30140 and earlier, 2017.011.30138 and earlier, 2015.006.30495 and earlier, and 2015.006.30493 and. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 7% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.010.20100 and earlier, 2019.010.20099 and earlier, 2017.011.30140 and earlier, 2017.011.30138 and earlier, 2015.006.30495 and earlier, and 2015.006.30493 and. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 7% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.010.20100 and earlier, 2019.010.20099 and earlier, 2017.011.30140 and earlier, 2017.011.30138 and earlier, 2015.006.30495 and earlier, and 2015.006.30493 and. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 7% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.010.20100 and earlier, 2019.010.20099 and earlier, 2017.011.30140 and earlier, 2017.011.30138 and earlier, 2015.006.30495 and earlier, and 2015.006.30493 and. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 7% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.010.20100 and earlier, 2019.010.20099 and earlier, 2017.011.30140 and earlier version, 2017.011.30138 and earlier, 2015.006.30495 and earlier, and. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 7% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.010.20100 and earlier, 2019.010.20099 and earlier, 2017.011.30140 and earlier, 2017.011.30138 and earlier, 2015.006.30495 and earlier, and 2015.006.30493 and. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 7% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.010.20100 and earlier, 2019.010.20099 and earlier, 2017.011.30140 and earlier, 2017.011.30138 and earlier, 2015.006.30495 and earlier, and 2015.006.30493 and. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 10% CVSS 8.8
HIGH POC PATCH THREAT This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.010.20100 and earlier, 2019.010.20099 and earlier, 2017.011.30140 and earlier, 2017.011.30138 and earlier, 2015.006.30495 and earlier, and 2015.006.30493 and. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 10% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.010.20100 and earlier, 2019.010.20099 and earlier, 2017.011.30140 and earlier, 2017.011.30138 and earlier, 2015.006.30495 and earlier, and 2015.006.30493 and. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 10% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2019.010.20100 and earlier, 2019.010.20099 and earlier, 2017.011.30140 and earlier, 2017.011.30138 and earlier, 2015.006.30495 and earlier, and 2015.006.30493 and. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

An issue was discovered in libSDL2.a in Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) 2.0.9 when used in conjunction with libSDL2_image.a in SDL2_image 2.0.4. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), 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 Simple Directmedia Layer +2
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

An issue was discovered in libSDL2.a in Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) 2.0.9 when used in conjunction with libSDL2_image.a in SDL2_image 2.0.4. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), 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 Simple Directmedia Layer +2
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

When FreeImage 3.18.0 reads a special JXR file, the StreamCalcIFDSize function of JXRMeta.c repeatedly calls itself due to improper processing of the file, eventually causing stack exhaustion. 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 Freeimage Freeimage Project
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.4
MEDIUM This Month

Insufficient input validation in Intel(R) Driver & Support Assistant version 19.3.12.3 and before may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via local access. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.4), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Intel Driver Support Assistant
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Insufficient input validation in system firmware for Intel (R) NUC Kit may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable escalation of privilege, denial of service, and/or information disclosure. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Denial Of Service Information Disclosure +2
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Data Corruption in Intel Unite(R) Client before version 3.3.176.13 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially cause a denial of service via network access. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Intel Unite
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.7
MEDIUM This Month

Insufficient access control in silicon reference firmware for Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable Processor, Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor D Family may allow a privileged user to potentially enable escalation of. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.7), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Denial Of Service Intel +48
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.4
MEDIUM This Month

Insufficient key protection vulnerability in silicon reference firmware for Intel(R) Pentium(R) Processor J Series, Intel(R) Pentium(R) Processor N Series, Intel(R) Celeron(R) J Series, Intel(R). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.4), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Intel J5005 Firmware +27
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.7
MEDIUM This Month

Buffer overflow vulnerability in system firmware for Intel(R) Xeon(R) Processor D Family, Intel(R) Xeon(R) Scalable Processor, Intel(R) Server Board, Intel(R) Server System and Intel(R) Compute. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.7), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service +93
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.4
MEDIUM This Month

An out of bound read in KMD module for Intel(R) Graphics Driver before version 10.18.14.5067 (aka 15.36.x.5067) and 10.18.10.5069 (aka 15.33.x.5069) may allow a privileged user to potentially enable. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.4), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Information Disclosure +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

Insufficient input validation in KMD module for Intel(R) Graphics Driver before version 10.18.14.5067 (aka 15.36.x.5067) and 10.18.10.5069 (aka 15.33.x.5069) may allow an authenticated user to. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Intel Graphics Driver
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.7
MEDIUM This Month

A race condition in Intel(R) Graphics Drivers before version 10.18.14.5067 (aka 15.36.x.5067) and 10.18.10.5069 (aka 15.33.x.5069) may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable a denial of. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.7). No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Race Condition Intel +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

Insufficient bounds checking in Intel(R) Graphics Drivers before version 10.18.14.5067 (aka 15.36.x.5067) and 10.18.10.5069 (aka 15.33.x.5069) may allow an authenticated user to potentially enable a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Intel +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.9
MEDIUM This Month

Insufficient input validation vulnerability in subsystem for Intel(R) AMT before version 12.0.35 may allow a privileged user to potentially enable denial of service via network access. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Intel Active Management Technology Firmware
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM This Month

Insufficient input validation vulnerability in subsystem for Intel(R) AMT before versions 11.8.65, 11.11.65, 11.22.65, 12.0.35 may allow an unauthenticated user to potentially enable denial of. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.3), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Intel Active Management Technology Firmware
NVD
EPSS 7% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

A denial of service vulnerability exists when ASP.NET Core improperly handles web requests, aka 'ASP.NET Core Denial of Service Vulnerability'. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Microsoft Asp Net Core
NVD
EPSS 5% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

A denial of service vulnerability exists when .NET Framework or .NET Core improperly handle web requests, aka '.Net Framework and .Net Core Denial of Service Vulnerability'. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Microsoft Net Framework +1
NVD
EPSS 5% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

A denial of service vulnerability exists when .NET Framework or .NET Core improperly handle web requests, aka '.Net Framework and .Net Core Denial of Service Vulnerability'. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Microsoft Net Framework +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A denial of service vulnerability exists when .NET Framework improperly handles objects in heap memory, aka '.NET Framework Denial of Service Vulnerability'. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Microsoft Net Framework
NVD
EPSS 6% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

A denial of service vulnerability exists when .NET Framework and .NET Core improperly process RegEx strings, aka '.NET Framework and .NET Core Denial of Service Vulnerability'. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability could allow attackers to cause denial of service by exhausting system resources.

Denial Of Service Microsoft Red Hat +6
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

An issue was discovered in GitLab Community and Enterprise Edition before 11.7.8, 11.8.x before 11.8.4, and 11.9.x before 11.9.2. 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 Gitlab
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 8.6
HIGH This Week

A vulnerability in the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) input packet processor of Cisco FXOS Software and Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.6), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Cisco Nx Os +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

A vulnerability in the Border Gateway Patrol (BGP) Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS)-based Ethernet VPN (EVPN) implementation of Cisco IOS XR Software could allow an unauthenticated, adjacent. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Apple Cisco +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.4
HIGH This Week

A vulnerability in the Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) Operations, Administration, and Maintenance (OAM) implementation of Cisco IOS XR Software for Cisco ASR 9000 Series Aggregation Services. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.4), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Apple Cisco +1
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.6
HIGH This Week

A vulnerability in the interactions between the DHCP and TFTP features for Cisco Small Business 300 Series (Sx300) Managed Switches could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to cause the device. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.6), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Cisco Sf302 08Pp Firmware +26
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

A Denial Of Service vulnerability in MiniUPnP MiniUPnPd through 2.1 exists due to a NULL pointer dereference in copyIPv6IfDifferent in pcpserver.c. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Denial Of Service Null Pointer Dereference Debian +3
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

An AddPortMapping Denial Of Service vulnerability in MiniUPnP MiniUPnPd through 2.1 exists due to a NULL pointer dereference in upnpredirect.c. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Denial Of Service Null Pointer Dereference Miniupnpd
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

A Denial Of Service vulnerability in MiniUPnP MiniUPnPd through 2.1 exists due to a NULL pointer dereference in GetOutboundPinholeTimeout in upnpsoap.c for rem_port. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Denial Of Service Null Pointer Dereference Miniupnpd +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

A Denial Of Service vulnerability in MiniUPnP MiniUPnPd through 2.1 exists due to a NULL pointer dereference in GetOutboundPinholeTimeout in upnpsoap.c for int_port. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Denial Of Service Null Pointer Dereference Miniupnpd +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

The updateDevice function in minissdpd.c in MiniUPnP MiniSSDPd 1.4 and 1.5 allows a remote attacker to crash the process due to a Use After Free vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +2
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.7
HIGH This Week

A vulnerability in the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) input packet processor of Cisco Small Business Sx200, Sx300, Sx500, ESW2 Series Managed Switches and Small Business Sx250, Sx350,. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.7), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Cisco Sf302 08Pp Firmware +104
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.0
MEDIUM This Month

A vulnerability in the CLI implementation of a specific command used for image maintenance for Cisco NX-OS Software could allow an authenticated, local attacker to overwrite any file on the file. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.0), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Cisco Nx Os
NVD
EPSS 6% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

NTP through 4.2.8p12 has a NULL Pointer Dereference. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Denial Of Service Null Pointer Dereference Fedora +9
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 9.1
CRITICAL POC PATCH Act Now

In FreeBSD 11.3-PRERELEASE and 12.0-STABLE before r347591, 11.2-RELEASE before 11.2-RELEASE-p10, and 12.0-RELEASE before 12.0-RELEASE-p4, a bug in the pf IPv6 fragment reassembly logic incorrectly. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Denial Of Service Freebsd
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

coap_decode_option in coap.c in LibNyoci 0.07.00rc1 mishandles certain packets with "Uri-Path: (null)" and consequently allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault). 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 Libnyoci
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

A vulnerability has been identified in SINAMICS PERFECT HARMONY GH180 with NXG I control, MLFBs: 6SR2...-, 6SR3...-, 6SR4...- (All Versions with option G28), SINAMICS PERFECT HARMONY GH180 with NXG. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Siemens Sinamics Perfect Harmony Gh180 With Nxg I Control Mlfb 6Sr2 Firmware +5
NVD
EPSS 6% CVSS 8.1
HIGH This Week

An improper authentication vulnerability can be exploited through a race condition that occurs in Ellucian Banner Web Tailor 8.8.3, 8.8.4, and 8.9 and Banner Enterprise Identity Services 8.3, 8.3.1,. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

Authentication Bypass Denial Of Service Banner Enterprise Identity Services +2
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

vcodec2_hls_filter in libvoipCodec_v7a.so in the WeChat application through 7.0.3 for Android allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by replacing an emoji file (under the. 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 Google Null Pointer Dereference +2
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

lib/common/html_re.js in remarkable 1.7.1 allows Regular Expression Denial of Service (ReDoS) via a CDATA section. 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 Remarkable Remarkable Project
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display driver software for Windows (all versions) contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DeviceIoControl where the software reads from a. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Information Disclosure +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

NVIDIA Windows GPU Display driver software for Windows (all versions) contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape where the product does not properly. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Information Disclosure Microsoft +2
NVD
EPSS 7% CVSS 8.1
HIGH POC This Week

An exploitable use after free vulnerability exists in the window function functionality of Sqlite3 3.26.0. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

An issue was discovered on XiongMai Besder IP20H1 V4.02.R12.00035520.12012.047500.00200 cameras. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Integer Overflow Besder Ip20H1 Firmware +1
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

In the IMAP Server in Dovecot 2.3.3 through 2.3.5.2, the submission-login service crashes when the client disconnects prematurely during the AUTH command. 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 Fedora +4
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

In tearDownClientInterface of WificondControl.java, there is a possible use after free due to improper locking. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Denial Of Service Google +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

In SendMediaUpdate and SendFolderUpdate of avrcp_service.cc, there is a possible memory corruption due to a use after free. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service +4
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

In the IMAP Server in Dovecot 2.3.3 through 2.3.5.2, the submission-login component crashes if AUTH PLAIN is attempted over a TLS secured channel with an unacceptable authentication message. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Fedora Leap +3
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.9
MEDIUM This Month

The Chuango 433 MHz burglar-alarm product line is vulnerable to a Denial of Service attack. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service G3 Firmware G5W 3G Firmware +8
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

KDE KAuth before 5.55 allows the passing of parameters with arbitrary types to helpers running as root over DBus via DBusHelperProxy.cpp. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.1), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required.

Denial Of Service Fedora Leap +5
NVD
EPSS 6% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

Axios up to and including 0.18.0 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by continuing to accepting content after maxContentLength is exceeded. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Denial Of Service Axios
NVD GitHub
EPSS 6% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel before 5.0.7. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Use After Free vulnerability could allow attackers to access freed memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application.

Denial Of Service Linux Use After Free +6
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Legacy C++ Facebook Thrift servers (using cpp instead of cpp2) would not error upon receiving messages with containers of fields of unknown type. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Facebook Thrift
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Go Facebook Thrift servers would not error upon receiving messages with containers of fields of unknown type. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Facebook Thrift
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Java Facebook Thrift servers would not error upon receiving messages with containers of fields of unknown type. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Java Facebook +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Python Facebook Thrift servers would not error upon receiving messages with containers of fields of unknown type. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Python Facebook +1
NVD GitHub
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