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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 (40243)

EPSS 7% CVSS 5.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit component of Oracle Java SE (subcomponent: Sound). Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Java Debian +18
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 4.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: Information Schema). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service MySQL Oracle +6
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: Optimizer). Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service MySQL Oracle +6
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 4.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: InnoDB). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service MySQL MariaDB +8
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: DDL). Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service MySQL Oracle +5
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: Optimizer). Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service MySQL Oracle +8
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 4.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: Optimizer). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service MySQL Oracle +5
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: InnoDB). Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service MySQL MariaDB +9
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: DML). Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service MySQL Oracle +5
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 5.6
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit component of Oracle Java SE (subcomponent: JSSE). Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.6), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required.

Denial Of Service Java Debian +18
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.2
HIGH PATCH This Week

Vulnerability in the Oracle Identity Manager component of Oracle Fusion Middleware (subcomponent: Advanced Console). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Oracle Identity Manager
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Client programs). Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3).

Denial Of Service MySQL MariaDB +10
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 4.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: InnoDB). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service MySQL MariaDB +8
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 5.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Vulnerability in the Solaris component of Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite (subcomponent: RPC). Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Oracle Solaris
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: Partition). Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.0), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable.

Denial Of Service MySQL Oracle
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 4.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: DDL). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service MySQL Oracle +5
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Vulnerability in the Oracle Hospitality Cruise Fleet Management component of Oracle Hospitality Applications (subcomponent: Emergency Response System). Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Oracle Hospitality Cruise Fleet Management
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 4.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: InnoDB). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service MySQL MariaDB +8
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 4.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: Partition). Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service MySQL Oracle
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: InnoDB). Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service MySQL MariaDB +11
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.7
HIGH PATCH This Week

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: Parser). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.7), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service MySQL Oracle +8
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Vulnerability in the Oracle GlassFish Server component of Oracle Fusion Middleware (subcomponent: Administration). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Oracle Glassfish Server
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: Parser). Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service MySQL Oracle +6
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 5.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: Security: Audit). Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required.

Denial Of Service MySQL Oracle +8
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: InnoDB). Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service MySQL MariaDB +11
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: Optimizer). Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service MySQL Oracle +6
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Vulnerability in the MySQL Server component of Oracle MySQL (subcomponent: Server: Parser). Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service MySQL MariaDB +11
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.7
HIGH PATCH This Week

Vulnerability in the Oracle Retail Sales Audit component of Oracle Retail Applications (subcomponent: Operational Insights). Rated high severity (CVSS 7.7), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable.

Authentication Bypass Denial Of Service Oracle +1
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

Vulnerability in the Oracle GoldenGate component of Oracle GoldenGate (subcomponent: Manager). 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 Oracle +1
NVD
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

Vulnerability in the Oracle GoldenGate component of Oracle GoldenGate (subcomponent: Manager). 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 Oracle +1
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 8.3
HIGH PATCH This Week

Vulnerability in the Oracle GlassFish Server component of Oracle Fusion Middleware (subcomponent: Java Server Faces). Rated high severity (CVSS 8.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Authentication Bypass Denial Of Service Java +2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

kernel/omap/drivers/mfd/twl6030-gpadc.c in the kernel component in Amazon Kindle Fire HD(3rd) Fire OS 4.5.5.3 allows attackers to inject a crafted argument via the argument of an ioctl on device. 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 Amazon Fire Os
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

kernel/omap/drivers/misc/gcx/gcioctl/gcif.c in the kernel component in Amazon Kindle Fire HD (3rd) Fire OS 4.5.5.3 allows attackers to inject a crafted argument via the argument of an ioctl on device. 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 Amazon Fire Os
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

kernel/omap/drivers/misc/gcx/gcioctl/gcif.c in the kernel component in Amazon Kindle Fire HD (3rd) Fire OS 4.5.5.3 allows attackers to inject a crafted argument via the argument of an ioctl on device. 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 Amazon Fire Os
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

kernel/omap/drivers/misc/gcx/gcioctl/gcif.c in the kernel component in Amazon Kindle Fire HD(3rd) Fire OS 4.5.5.3 allows attackers to inject a crafted argument via the argument of an ioctl on device. 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 Amazon Fire Os
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

kernel/omap/drivers/video/omap2/dsscomp/device.c in the kernel component in Amazon Kindle Fire HD(3rd) Fire OS 4.5.5.3 allows attackers to inject a crafted argument via the argument of an ioctl on. 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 Amazon Fire Os
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 4.4
MEDIUM POC This Month

kernel/omap/drivers/rpmsg/rpmsg_omx.c in the kernel component in Amazon Kindle Fire HD(3rd) Fire OS 4.5.5.3 allows attackers to inject a crafted argument via the argument of an ioctl on device file. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.4), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Amazon Fire Os
NVD GitHub
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

kernel/omap/drivers/misc/gcx/gcioctl/gcif.c in the kernel component in Amazon Kindle Fire HD(3rd) Fire OS 4.5.5.3 allows attackers to inject a crafted argument via the argument of an ioctl on device. 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 Amazon Fire Os
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

Asciidoctor in versions < 1.5.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop). 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 Asciidoctor
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM This Month

Denial of Service in Unified Shader Compiler in Intel Graphics Drivers before 10.18.x.5056 (aka 15.33.x.5056), 10.18.x.5057 (aka 15.36.x.5057) and 20.19.x.5058 (aka 15.40.x.5058) may allow an. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Intel Graphics Driver
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A vulnerability in ClamAV versions prior to 0.100.2 could allow an attacker to cause a denial of service (DoS) condition. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability could allow attackers to read data from memory outside the intended buffer boundaries.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Information Disclosure +5
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

The /dev/block/mmcblk0rpmb driver kernel module on Qiku 360 Phone N6 Pro 1801-A01 devices allows attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and device crash) via a crafted. 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 360 Mobile Phone N6 Pro Firmware
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC PATCH This Month

An invalid memory address dereference was discovered in dwfl_segment_report_module.c in libdwfl in elfutils through v0.174. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Debian +11
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

An issue was discovered in the Binary File Descriptor (BFD) library (aka libbfd), as distributed in GNU Binutils 2.31. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Binutils +1
NVD
EPSS 28% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20063 and earlier, 2017.011.30102 and earlier, and 2015.006.30452 and earlier have an untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Denial Of Service Null Pointer Dereference +3
NVD
EPSS 28% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20063 and earlier, 2017.011.30102 and earlier, and 2015.006.30452 and earlier have an untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. This NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability could allow attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer.

RCE Denial Of Service Null Pointer Dereference +3
NVD
EPSS 28% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20063 and earlier, 2017.011.30102 and earlier, and 2015.006.30452 and earlier have an untrusted pointer dereference vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. This NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability could allow attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer.

RCE Denial Of Service Null Pointer Dereference +3
NVD
EPSS 5% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20063 and earlier, 2017.011.30102 and earlier, and 2015.006.30452 and earlier have an use after free vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 5% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20063 and earlier, 2017.011.30102 and earlier, and 2015.006.30452 and earlier have an use after free vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 5% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20063 and earlier, 2017.011.30102 and earlier, and 2015.006.30452 and earlier have an use after free vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 17% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20063 and earlier, 2017.011.30102 and earlier, and 2015.006.30452 and earlier have an use after free vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 5% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20063 and earlier, 2017.011.30102 and earlier, and 2015.006.30452 and earlier have an use after free vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 5% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20063 and earlier, 2017.011.30102 and earlier, and 2015.006.30452 and earlier have an use after free vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 5% CVSS 7.8
HIGH This Week

Adobe Acrobat and Reader versions 2018.011.20063 and earlier, 2017.011.30102 and earlier, and 2015.006.30452 and earlier have an use after free vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Denial Of Service Use After Free +4
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.3
MEDIUM This Month

Yokogawa STARDOM Controllers FCJ, FCN-100, FCN-RTU, FCN-500, All versions R4.10 and prior, The application utilizes multiple methods of session management which could result in a denial of service to. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Session Fixation Fcj Firmware +4
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Yokogawa STARDOM Controllers FCJ,FCN-100, FCN-RTU, FCN-500, All versions R4.10 and prior, The controller application fails to prevent memory exhaustion by unauthorized requests. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Fcj Firmware Fcn 100 Firmware +3
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Incorrect handling of an invalid value for an HTTP request parameter by Directory Server (aka Enterprise Server Administration web UI) in Micro Focus Enterprise Developer and Enterprise Server 2.3. 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 Enterprise Server +2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.3 and 2.4.0 to 2.4.9, the MS-WSP protocol dissector could crash. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability could allow attackers to crash the application by dereferencing a null pointer.

Denial Of Service Null Pointer Dereference Debian +2
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

In Wireshark 2.6.0 to 2.6.3, the CoAP dissector could crash. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity.

Denial Of Service Debian Debian Linux +3
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.6
HIGH This Week

Insufficient access protection in firmware in Intel Server Board, Intel Server System and Intel Compute Module before firmware version 00.01.0014 may allow an unauthenticated attacker to potentially. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.6), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Privilege Escalation RCE Denial Of Service +16
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.0
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Insufficient input validation in BIOS update utility in Intel NUC FW kits downloaded before May 24, 2018 may allow a privileged user to potentially trigger a denial of service or information. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.0), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. This Exposure of Sensitive Information vulnerability could allow attackers to access sensitive data that should not be disclosed.

Denial Of Service Information Disclosure Intel +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

Denial of Service in Unified Shader Compiler in Intel Graphics Drivers before 10.18.x.5056 (aka 15.33.x.5056), 10.18.x.5057 (aka 15.36.x.5057) and 20.19.x.5058 (aka 15.40.x.5058) may allow an. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Intel Graphics Driver
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

A vulnerability in the IP next-hop index database in Junos OS 17.3R3 may allow a flood of ARP requests, sent to the management interface, to exhaust the private Internal routing interfaces (IRIs). Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Juniper Junos
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

A Denial of Service vulnerability in J-Web service may allow a remote unauthenticated user to cause Denial of Service which may prevent other users to authenticate or to perform J-Web operations. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Juniper Junos
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 5.3
MEDIUM This Month

A denial of service vulnerability in the telnetd service on Junos OS allows remote unauthenticated users to cause high CPU usage which may affect system performance. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Juniper Junos
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.9
MEDIUM This Month

An improper input validation weakness in the device control daemon process (dcd) of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an attacker to cause a Denial of Service to the dcd process and interfaces and. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Juniper Junos
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

Receipt of a specially crafted IPv6 exception packet may be able to trigger a kernel crash (vmcore), causing the device to reboot. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Juniper Tomcat +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 9.6
CRITICAL Act Now

On MX Series and M120/M320 platforms configured in a Broadband Edge (BBE) environment, subscribers logging in with DHCP Option 50 to request a specific IP address will be assigned the requested IP. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.6), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Information Disclosure Juniper +1
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.3
MEDIUM This Month

If a duplicate MAC address is learned by two different interfaces on an MX Series device, the MAC address learning function correctly flaps between the interfaces. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Juniper Junos
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.3
MEDIUM This Month

Receipt of a specially crafted DHCPv6 message destined to a Junos OS device configured as a DHCP server in a Broadband Edge (BBE) environment may result in a jdhcpd daemon crash. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.3), this vulnerability is no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Juniper Junos
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

On QFX5000 Series and EX4600 switches, a high rate of Ethernet pause frames or an ARP packet storm received on the management interface (fxp0) can cause egress interface congestion, resulting in. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Juniper Junos
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 5.9
MEDIUM This Month

A Denial of Service vulnerability in the SIP application layer gateway (ALG) component of Junos OS based platforms allows an attacker to crash MS-PIC, MS-MIC, MS-MPC, MS-DPC or SRX flow daemon. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Juniper Junos
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 5.9
MEDIUM This Month

An error handling vulnerability in Routing Protocols Daemon (RPD) of Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an attacker to cause RPD to crash. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Juniper Junos
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

A NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Juniper Networks Junos OS allows an attacker to cause the Junos OS kernel to crash. 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 Juniper +1
NVD
EPSS 3% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

A vulnerability in the Routing Protocols Daemon (RPD) with Juniper Extension Toolkit (JET) support can allow a network based unauthenticated attacker to cause a severe memory exhaustion condition on. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Juniper Junos
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Receipt of a specific Draft-Rosen MVPN control packet may cause the routing protocol daemon (RPD) process to crash and restart or may lead to remote code execution. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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

Receipt of a specific MPLS packet may cause the routing protocol daemon (RPD) process to crash and restart or may lead to remote code execution. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

RCE Denial Of Service Juniper +1
NVD
EPSS 2% CVSS 7.5
HIGH This Week

A vulnerability has been identified in SIMATIC ET 200SP Open Controller (All versions >= V2.0 and < V2.1.6), SIMATIC S7-1500 Software Controller (All versions >= V2.0 and < V2.5), SIMATIC S7-1500. 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 Simatic S7 1500 Firmware +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.9
MEDIUM This Month

When F5 BIG-IP 13.0.0-13.1.0.5, 12.1.0-12.1.3.5, 11.6.0-11.6.3.2, or 11.5.1-11.5.6 is processing specially crafted TCP traffic with the Large Receive Offload (LRO) feature enabled, TMM may crash,. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

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

In the client in Bytom before 1.0.6, checkTopicRegister in p2p/discover/net.go does not prevent negative idx values, leading to a crash. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Integer Overflow vulnerability could allow attackers to cause unexpected behavior through arithmetic overflow.

Denial Of Service Integer Overflow Bytom
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC This Week

Buffer Overflow in httpd in EpiCentro E_7.3.2+ allows attackers to cause a denial of service attack remotely via a specially crafted GET request with a leading "/" in the URL. 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.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Epicentro +1
NVD
EPSS 5% CVSS 9.8
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

qemu_deliver_packet_iov in net/net.c in Qemu accepts packet sizes greater than INT_MAX, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. This Integer Overflow vulnerability could allow attackers to cause unexpected behavior through arithmetic overflow.

Denial Of Service Integer Overflow Debian +8
NVD
EPSS 7% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

In Apache Tika 1.19 (CVE-2018-11761), we added an entity expansion limit for XML parsing. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Apache XXE +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

VMware ESXi (6.7, 6.5, 6.0), Workstation (15.x and 14.x) and Fusion (11.x and 10.x) contain a denial-of-service vulnerability due to an infinite loop in a 3D-rendering shader. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service VMware ESXi +2
NVD
EPSS 1% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

An issue was discovered in libgig 4.1.0. 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 Libgig +1
NVD GitHub
EPSS 2% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

OpenJPEG 2.3.0 has a NULL pointer dereference for "red" in the imagetopnm function of jp2/convert.c. 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 Debian +3
NVD GitHub
EPSS 1% CVSS 5.9
MEDIUM This Month

An issue was discovered in Daimler Mercedes-Benz COMAND 17/13.0 50.12 on Mercedes-Benz C-Class 2018 vehicles. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.9), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required. No vendor patch available.

Denial Of Service Comand Mercedes Benz
NVD VulDB
EPSS 4% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

snmp_oid_compare in snmplib/snmp_api.c in Net-SNMP before 5.8 has a NULL Pointer Exception bug that can be used by an unauthenticated attacker to remotely cause the instance to crash via a crafted. 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 E Series Santricity Os Controller +7
NVD
EPSS 17% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM POC PATCH THREAT This Month

_set_key in agent/helpers/table_container.c in Net-SNMP before 5.8 has a NULL Pointer Exception bug that can be used by an authenticated attacker to remotely cause the instance to crash via a crafted. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available.

Denial Of Service Null Pointer Dereference Debian +13
NVD Exploit-DB
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.4
MEDIUM This Month

The Linux kernel 4.14.67 mishandles certain interaction among XFRM Netlink messages, IPPROTO_AH packets, and IPPROTO_IP packets, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (memory. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.4), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

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