Denial of Service
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.
How It Works
Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions. Attackers exploit asymmetry: minimal attacker effort produces disproportionate resource consumption on the target. Application-level attacks use specially crafted inputs that trigger expensive operations—a regex engine processing malicious patterns can backtrack exponentially, or XML parsers recursively expand entities until memory exhausts. Network-level attacks flood targets with connection requests or amplify traffic through reflection, but application vulnerabilities often provide the most efficient attack surface.
The attack typically begins with reconnaissance to identify resource-intensive operations or unprotected endpoints. For algorithmic complexity attacks, adversaries craft inputs hitting worst-case performance—hash collision inputs filling hash tables with collisions, deeply nested JSON triggering recursive parsing, or pathological regex patterns like (a+)+b against strings of repeated 'a' characters. Resource exhaustion attacks open thousands of connections, upload massive files to unbounded storage, or trigger memory leaks through repeated operations. Crash-based attacks target error handling gaps: null pointer dereferences, unhandled exceptions in parsers, or assertion failures that terminate processes.
Impact
- Service unavailability preventing legitimate users from accessing applications during attack duration
- Revenue loss from downtime in e-commerce, SaaS platforms, or transaction processing systems
- Cascading failures as resource exhaustion spreads to dependent services or database connections pool out
- SLA violations triggering financial penalties and damaging customer trust
- Security team distraction providing cover for data exfiltration or intrusion attempts running concurrently
Real-World Examples
CVE-2018-1000544 in Ruby's WEBrick server allowed ReDoS through malicious HTTP headers containing specially crafted patterns that caused the regex engine to backtrack exponentially, freezing request processing threads. A single attacker could saturate all available workers.
Cloudflare experienced a global outage in 2019 when a single WAF rule containing an unoptimized regex hit pathological cases on legitimate traffic spikes. The .*(?:.*=.*)* pattern exhibited catastrophic backtracking, consuming CPU cycles across their edge network until the rule was disabled.
CVE-2013-1664 demonstrated XML bomb vulnerabilities in Python's XML libraries. Attackers uploaded XML documents with nested entity definitions-each entity expanding to ten copies of the previous level. A 1KB upload could expand to gigabytes in memory during parsing, crashing applications instantly.
Mitigation
- Strict input validation enforcing size limits, complexity bounds, and nesting depth restrictions before processing
- Request rate limiting per IP address, API key, or user session with exponential backoff
- Timeout enforcement terminating operations exceeding reasonable execution windows (typically 1-5 seconds)
- Resource quotas limiting memory allocation, CPU time, and connection counts per request or tenant
- Regex complexity analysis using linear-time algorithms or sanitizing patterns to eliminate backtracking
- Circuit breakers automatically rejecting requests when error rates or latency thresholds indicate degradation
- Load balancing and autoscaling distributing traffic across instances with automatic capacity expansion
Recent CVEs (39910)
Vikunja's file import endpoint bypasses configured maximum file size limits by trusting an attacker-controlled Size field in import metadata rather than validating actual decompressed file content. Authenticated users can upload small compressed zip files (e.g., ~25KB) containing files up to 25MB or larger, exhausting server storage and causing denial of service across all users. The vulnerability affects Vikunja v2.2.2 and earlier versions; a vendor-released patch is available in v2.3.0.
Heap buffer overflow in Netwide Assembler (NASM) 3.02rc5 obj_directive() function enables arbitrary code execution and denial of service when processing maliciously crafted .asm files. Missing bounds validation allows attackers to corrupt heap memory through specially constructed assembly source files. Publicly available exploit code exists. Impacts NASM users assembling untrusted input files, particularly automated build systems and development environments processing external assembly code.
Improper synchronization of the userTokens map in Canonical Juju API server (versions 4.0.5, 3.6.20, and 2.9.56) enables authenticated users to trigger denial of service or reuse single-use discharge tokens due to a race condition. The vulnerability requires low privilege authentication and partial attacker timing control but allows complete availability impact to the server. EPSS score of 6.1 reflects moderate real-world exploitation risk, though no public exploit code or active exploitation has been confirmed.
Regular expression denial of service (ReDoS) in jsVideoUrlParser library version 0.5.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause application availability loss by supplying a malicious timestamp argument to the getTime function in lib/util.js. The vulnerability exhibits inefficient regular expression complexity that can be triggered without authentication or user interaction. Publicly available exploit code exists, though the maintainer has not yet responded to early notification of the issue.
Denial of service in Juniper Networks Junos OS chassis control daemon (chassisd) on SRX1500, SRX4100, SRX4200, and SRX4600 allows local attackers with low privileges to crash the daemon via a specific 'show chassis' CLI command, causing complete traffic disruption until modules restart. The vulnerability affects Junos OS versions 23.2 before 23.2R2-S6, 23.4 before 23.4R2-S7, 24.2 before 24.2R2-S2, 24.4 before 24.4R2, and 25.2 before 25.2R1-S1 or 25.2R2. No public exploit code or active exploitation has been identified at time of analysis.
Denial of service in Juniper Junos OS chassis control daemon (chassisd) on SRX1600, SRX2300, and SRX4300 devices allows local attackers with low privileges to trigger a complete crash via a specific 'show chassis' CLI command, causing temporary traffic disruption until module recovery. Junos OS 24.4 versions before 24.4R1-S3 and 24.4R2 are affected; no public exploit code identified at time of analysis.
OpenClaw before version 2026.3.25 processes JSON webhook request bodies before validating cryptographic signatures, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger denial of service by submitting malicious webhook payloads that force computationally expensive JSON parsing operations. The vulnerability exploits a logic-ordering defect where signature validation occurs after resource-intensive parsing, enabling attackers to exhaust server resources without valid credentials. No public exploit code has been identified at the time of analysis, though the attack requires only network access and is trivially exploitable.
OpenClaw before 2026.3.22 processes cryptographic operations on inbound Nostr direct messages prior to validating sender identity and pairing status, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger denial of service through resource exhaustion by sending crafted messages. CVSS 6.9 reflects moderate impact with low integrity and availability degradation; no public exploit code or active exploitation has been confirmed.
Unauthenticated resource exhaustion in OpenClaw before 2026.3.22 allows remote attackers to cause denial of service by sending large or malicious webhook requests to the voice call handler, which buffers request bodies before validating provider signatures. The vulnerability requires only network access (AV:N, PR:N) and can be exploited with low complexity, making it a practical attack vector for disrupting service availability.
Unauthenticated buffer overflow in Juniper Networks Junos OS Evolved advanced forwarding toolkit (evo-aftmand/evo-pfemand) permits adjacent attackers to crash PTX Series and QFX5000 Series devices via crafted multicast packets. Exploitation triggers line card or device restart, sustaining denial of service under continuous attack. Affects multiple Junos OS Evolved release branches before patched versions. No public exploit identified at time of analysis. Attack requires adjacent network access but no authentication, making exploitation feasible in shared network segments.
Memory exhaustion denial of service in PraisonAI's WSGI-based recipe registry server (server.py) affects versions prior to 4.5.128. The vulnerability allows unauthenticated local processes to send arbitrarily large POST requests by spoofing the Content-Length header, causing the server to allocate unbounded memory and crash. Authentication is disabled by default, eliminating any access control barrier. The Starlette-based alternative server (serve.py) includes a 10MB request size limit, but the WSGI implementation lacks equivalent protection. Vendor-released patch: version 4.5.128 or later.
WordPress adivaha Travel Plugin 2.3 contains a time-based blind SQL injection vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to manipulate database queries by injecting SQL code through the. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Wasmtime versions 25.0.0 through 36.0.6, 42.0.0-42.0.1, and 43.0.0 contain a compiler type-checking bug in the Winch backend where the table.grow operator returns incorrectly typed 64-bit values instead of 32-bit values for 32-bit tables, enabling read/write access to 16 bytes of host memory preceding linear memory and resulting in denial of service when Wasmtime detects the unauthorized access. The vulnerability requires explicit selection of the non-default Winch compiler backend and either disabled guard pages or modified memory layout to achieve information disclosure; default Wasmtime configurations using the Cranelift compiler and standard guard page placement are unaffected. No public exploit code or active exploitation has been identified, though the attack vector is remote and requires low-privilege authenticated access.
Ubuntu Subiquity 24.04.4 leaks sensitive user credentials in crash report logs submitted to Launchpad during installation failures, potentially exposing plaintext Wi-Fi passwords and other credentials to unauthorized third parties. The vulnerability affects multiple Ubuntu versions (24.04.4, 25.04, and 25.10) and requires user interaction (submission of a crash report) but carries low real-world exploitation risk due to a CVSS score of 2.7 and absence of active exploitation signals. No public exploit code is known; vendor-released patches are available.
ubuntu-desktop-provision version 24.04.4 leaks user password hashes in crash report logs submitted to Launchpad during installation failures. An unauthenticated remote attacker can obtain sensitive credentials if a user opts to report the installation failure, requiring user interaction to trigger the vulnerability but resulting in direct exposure of authentication material. Patch available from Canonical via GitHub pull requests; EPSS and KEV status not actively exploited at time of analysis.
Denial of service in fast-jwt 5.0.0 through 6.2.0 allows authenticated remote attackers with user interaction to cause significant CPU consumption via crafted JWT tokens that trigger catastrophic backtracking in regular expression evaluation when the allowedAud verification option is configured with a regex pattern. The vulnerability exploits attacker-controlled aud claims evaluated against user-supplied regexes, resulting in ReDoS (regular expression denial of service). Vendor-released patch available in version 6.2.1.
Mattermost Plugins versions 2.1.3.0 and earlier allow remote attackers without authentication to cause denial of service through memory exhaustion by sending oversized JSON payloads to the /changes webhook endpoint. The vulnerability stems from a lack of request body size validation, enabling attackers to exhaust server memory and crash the service. CVSS is 3.7 (low severity) with low exploitability complexity, and no public exploit or active exploitation has been confirmed.
Mattermost Plugins versions 2.3.1 and earlier allow unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger denial of service by sending oversized JSON payloads to the /lifecycle webhook endpoint, causing memory exhaustion due to missing request body size validation. CVSS 3.7 reflects low severity despite network accessibility; EPSS and active exploitation status not independently confirmed from available data.
Denial of service in GitLab EE 18.2-18.10 allows authenticated users to crash the GitLab instance through improper input validation in GraphQL queries. GitLab EE versions 18.2 before 18.8.9, 18.9 before 18.9.5, and 18.10 before 18.10.3 are affected. An authenticated attacker with any valid GitLab account can trigger the vulnerability by submitting a malformed GraphQL query, causing the instance to become unavailable. No public exploit code has been identified at the time of analysis, and the vulnerability is not listed in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
Denial of service in GitLab CE/EE versions 13.0 through 18.10.2 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to exhaust server resources via repeated GraphQL queries. Affects all installations from version 13.0 before patched releases 18.8.9, 18.9.5, and 18.10.3. Attackers can degrade or halt GitLab service availability without authentication, impacting development workflows and CI/CD pipelines. No public exploit identified at time of analysis.
Kamailio versions prior to 6.0.5 and 5.8.7 contain an out-of-bounds read in the auth module that allows remote attackers with high privileges to trigger a denial of service via a specially crafted SIP packet when successful user authentication without a database backend is followed by additional identity checks. The vulnerability requires high privilege level and high attack complexity but can reliably crash the Kamailio process, impacting SIP service availability.
OpenTelemetry Go OTLP HTTP exporters allow memory exhaustion when sending telemetry to attacker-controlled or network-intercepted collector endpoints. The trace, metric, and log exporters read unbounded HTTP response bodies into in-memory buffers without size limits, enabling an attacker to force large transient heap allocations and crash the instrumented process via out-of-memory conditions. Attack requires network control of the collector endpoint or man-in-the-middle position (CVSS 5.3, CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H). Upstream fix available (PR #8108); no active exploitation confirmed.
Denial of service in Kibana's automatic import feature allows authenticated users to trigger uncontrolled resource consumption by submitting specially crafted requests with excessively large input values. When multiple such requests are sent concurrently, backend services become unstable, resulting in service disruption across all users. CVSS 6.5 (medium severity) reflects the authenticated attack requirement and high availability impact without confidentiality or integrity compromise.
The replace filter in LiquidJS (Node.js npm package) fails to correctly account for memory usage when memoryLimit is enabled, allowing remote attackers to bypass DoS protections with approximately 2,500x memory amplification by crafting templates where the replace operation produces quadratically larger output than the charged memory cost. Deployments with memoryLimit explicitly configured to protect against untrusted template input can suffer out-of-memory crashes; patch available in v10.25.3.
Denial of service in Axios HTTP/2 client before version 1.13.2 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash Node.js applications through malicious HTTP/2 server responses that trigger state corruption during concurrent session closures. The vulnerability exploits a control flow error in session cleanup logic with high attack complexity, making real-world exploitation require specific server-side conditions but posing significant risk to applications relying on HTTP/2.
Kernel crash via forged VCC pointer in the Linux kernel ATM networking subsystem (net/atm/sigd.c) allows a local low-privileged attacker who has assumed the ATM signaling daemon role to dereference arbitrary kernel memory, resulting in denial of service. The flaw affects Linux 2.6.12 through multiple current stable branches, with patches available for 5.10.x, 5.15.x, 6.1.x, 6.6.x, 6.12.x, 6.18.x, 6.19.x, and 7.0-rc1. A public reproducer exists at a GitHub gist, though the EPSS score of 0.02% (7th percentile) and absence from CISA KEV reflect the niche ATM subsystem's limited real-world attack surface.
Denial of service via unbounded memory allocation in Go's archive/tar package when parsing maliciously-crafted tar archives containing many sparse regions in old GNU sparse map format. Affects Go standard library versions prior to 1.25.9 and 1.26.2. Local attackers with user interaction can exhaust system memory, crashing applications that process untrusted tar files. No public exploit code identified; EPSS score of 0.01% indicates very low exploitation probability despite moderate CVSS severity.
Buffer overflow in D-Link enterprise VPN router series (DI-8003, DI-8500, DI-8003G, DI-8200G, DI-8200, DI-8400, DI-8004w, DI-8100, DI-8100G) firmware versions 16.07.26A1 and 17.12.20A1/17.12.21A1 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger denial of service via crafted HTTP requests exploiting rd_en, rd_auth, rd_acct, http_hadmin, http_hadminpwd, rd_key, and rd_ip parameters in radius_asp function. Attack requires no user interaction or authentication (CVSS:3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N). No public exploit identified at time of analysis.
Buffer overflow in D-Link DI-8300 router firmware v16.07.26A1 enables unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger denial of service conditions via malformed input to the fn parameter in tgfile_htm function. Network-accessible attack vector requires no privileges or user interaction. CVSS 7.5 (High) reflects availability impact. No public exploit identified at time of analysis. Low observed exploitation activity (EPSS 0.02%).
Buffer overflow in D-Link DI-8300 router firmware v16.07.26A1 enables unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger denial-of-service conditions through malformed fx parameter input to the jingx_asp function. Network-accessible exploitation requires no authentication or user interaction (CVSS AV:N/PR:N/UI:N). Impact limited to availability disruption; no data confidentiality or integrity compromise. No public exploit identified at time of analysis. EPSS 0.02% indicates low observed exploitation activity.
Buffer overflow in D-Link DI-8300 router firmware v16.07.26A1 ip_position_asp function enables unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger denial of service through crafted input to the ip parameter. Network-accessible vulnerability requires no user interaction. No public exploit identified at time of analysis. CVSS 7.5 (High) reflects unauthenticated network attack vector with complete availability impact.
Infinite loop vulnerability in Wikimedia MediaWiki GrowthExperiments Extension (versions 1.45.2, 1.44.4, 1.43.7) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger a denial of service condition by exploiting a Time-of-Check and Time-of-Use (TOCTOU) race condition that causes unreachable loop exit logic. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.9 with low confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact across all scopes. No public exploit code or active exploitation has been confirmed at time of analysis.
Denial-of-service via unthrottled resource allocation in the Wikimedia MediaWiki ReportIncident Extension allows authenticated remote attackers to trigger HTTP DoS by exhausting server resources without rate limiting. Affected versions include ReportIncident 1.43.7, 1.44.4, and 1.45.2. No public exploit code or active exploitation has been confirmed at time of analysis.
Local denial of service and potential remote code execution in OpenPrinting CUPS 2.4.16 and prior occurs when the scheduler (cupsd) deletes temporary printers without expiring associated subscriptions, leaving dangling pointers in memory that are subsequently dereferenced. An unauthenticated local attacker can crash the cupsd daemon or, with heap grooming techniques, achieve arbitrary code execution on systems running affected CUPS versions.
Denial of service in OpenPrinting CUPS 2.4.16 and prior allows unprivileged local users to crash the cupsd root process via integer underflow in _ppdCreateFromIPP() by supplying a negative job-password-supported IPP attribute, which wraps to a large size_t value and triggers a stack buffer overflow in memset(). When combined with systemd's automatic restart mechanism, an attacker can sustain repeated crashes without requiring elevated privileges or user interaction.
Authenticated denial of service via CQL in Apache Cassandra 4.0 through 5.0 allows authenticated users to elevate query latencies by repeatedly changing passwords, disrupting service availability for legitimate users. The vulnerability affects Cassandra 4.0.0-4.0.19, 4.1.0-4.1.10, and 5.0.0-5.0.6. Vendor-released patches are available (4.0.20, 4.1.11, 5.0.7). With an EPSS score of 0.02% (5th percentile), real-world exploitation risk is minimal despite the moderate CVSS score of 6.5, reflecting the requirement for prior authentication and the low likelihood of widespread abuse.
NVIDIA Triton Inference Server prior to r26.02 allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger information disclosure and denial of service through malicious model configuration uploads, exploiting a path traversal vulnerability (CWE-22) that enables access to sensitive files outside intended directories. The CVSS 4.8 score reflects moderate risk with high attack complexity, though real-world exploitation likelihood depends on network accessibility to model upload endpoints.
Unauthenticated attackers can trigger backup upload queue processing in Backup Migration plugin for WordPress (all versions up to 2.0.0) via the 'initializeOfflineAjax' AJAX endpoint, which lacks capability checks and relies on publicly exposed hardcoded tokens for validation. This allows remote attackers to cause unexpected backup transfers to cloud storage and resource exhaustion without authentication or user interaction. CVSS 5.3 (medium), no confirmed active exploitation reported.
Denial of service in Electron's clipboard.readImage() allows local authenticated attackers to crash applications by supplying malformed image data on the system clipboard. The vulnerability affects Electron versions prior to 39.8.5, 40.8.5, 41.1.0, and 42.0.0-alpha.5, but only impacts apps that explicitly call clipboard.readImage(). No code execution or memory corruption is possible; the attack results in a controlled process abort when a null bitmap is passed unchecked to image construction. Vendor-released patches are available across all supported release lines.
Libarchive's archive_acl_from_text_nl() function fails to validate malformed ACL strings before dereferencing pointers, allowing local attackers to crash applications that process untrusted archives via specially crafted ACL fields. This NULL pointer dereference results in denial of service with high availability impact. CVSS 5.5 reflects local attack vector and user interaction requirement; no public exploit code or active exploitation confirmed at analysis time.
Integer overflow in MediaTek secure boot (sec boot) leads to out-of-bounds write causing local denial of service on affected MediaTek chipsets. Attack requires physical device access and local user execution privileges, with no user interaction needed. EPSS score of 0.02% and CISA SSVC assessment of 'none' exploitation status indicate low real-world risk despite the moderate CVSS base score of 4.3.
Remote denial of service in MediaTek modem chipsets allows unauthenticated attackers to crash the system via a logic error when connecting to a rogue base station. The vulnerability affects 19 MediaTek chipset models (MT8678, MT6899, MT6897, and others) with no authentication or user interaction required. EPSS score of 0.08% (24th percentile) and CISA SSVC framework rating of no confirmed exploitation and partial technical impact suggest this is a low real-world priority despite the moderate CVSS 6.5 score.
Denial-of-service vulnerability in go-ipld-prime DAG-CBOR decoder allows remote attackers to cause excessive memory allocation through CBOR headers declaring arbitrarily large collection sizes without preallocation caps. A malicious payload under 100 bytes with nested structures can trigger over 9GB of memory allocation, crashing applications using the library. The vulnerability affects all versions prior to v0.22.0, and while no confirmed active exploitation has been reported, the attack requires only unauthenticated network access and minimal attacker resources.
Resource exhaustion in Android's LocalImageResolver.java onHeaderDecoded function allows local attackers to cause persistent denial of service without requiring special privileges or user interaction. The vulnerability affects Android 14, 15, and 16, with a CVSS score of 6.2 reflecting local attack vector and high availability impact. CISA SSVC assessment indicates no exploitation evidence detected at time of analysis, though the automatable attack vector and partial technical impact warrant prioritization for patching.
Denial of service in Samsung Exynos USIM firmware across mobile, wearable, and modem processors allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash affected devices via maliciously crafted SIM card proactive commands. The vulnerability affects over 20 Exynos chipset families (980, 990, 850, 1080, 2100, 1280, 2200, 1330, 1380, 1480, 2400, 1580, 2500, 9110, W920, W930, W1000, Modem 5123, 5300, 5400) due to improper handling of USIM proactive commands, classified as CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption). EPSS exploitation probability is low (0.02%, 5th percentile), no public exploit identified at time of analysis, and not currently listed in CISA KEV. Despite the high CVSS base score of 7.5, the practical exploitation requires attacker control over cellular network infrastructure or compromised SIM cards, significantly limiting real-world attack surface.
System crash in Samsung Exynos processors (980/990/850/1080/2100/1280/2200/1330/1380/1480/2400/1580/2500/9110, Wearable W920/W930/W1000, Modems 5123/5300/5400) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to trigger denial-of-service via malformed RRCReconfiguration message exploiting improper memory initialization in the Radio Resource Control (RRC) layer. No public exploit identified at time of analysis. EPSS score of 0.02% (5th percentile) indicates very low probability of imminent exploitation despite network-reachable attack surface and low complexity (CVSS 7.5, AV:N/AC:L/PR:N).
Buffer overflow in UTT Aggressive HiPER 810G v3 v1.7.7-171114 formTaskEdit function allows authenticated administrators to cause denial of service through a malformed selDateType parameter. The vulnerability is a classic stack-based buffer overflow (CWE-120) requiring high-privilege local network access; no public exploitation framework has been identified, and CVSS 4.5 reflects the limited scope (DoS only, no code execution or information disclosure).
Buffer overflow in UTT Aggressive 520W v3 firmware version 1.7.7-180627 allows authenticated high-privilege attackers to cause denial of service by supplying crafted input to the addCommand parameter of the formConfigCliForEngineerOnly function. The vulnerability requires administrative-level access and local network connectivity, limiting real-world attack surface despite the buffer overflow class of vulnerability.
Buffer overflow in UTT Aggressive HiPER 1200GW v2.5.3-170306 formArpBindConfig function allows authenticated attackers with high privileges to cause denial of service by supplying a crafted input to the pools parameter. CVSS score of 4.5 reflects limited attack surface (local network access required) and high privilege requirement, though impact is complete availability loss. No public exploit code or active exploitation confirmed at time of analysis.
Buffer overflow in UTT Aggressive 520W v3 v1.7.7-180627 filename parameter of formFtpServerDirConfig function allows authenticated attackers with high privileges to cause denial of service. The vulnerability requires local network access and high-level administrative credentials; no public exploit code or active exploitation has been confirmed at time of analysis.
Buffer overflow in UTT Aggressive HiPER 810G v3 v1.7.7-171114 ConfigAdvideo function allows authenticated local attackers with high privileges to cause denial of service by crafting malicious input to the timestart parameter. The vulnerability scores low-to-moderate risk (CVSS 4.5) due to strict prerequisites: network access limited to adjacent network only, high privilege requirement, and impact restricted to availability.
Buffer overflow in UTT Aggressive HiPER 810G v3 version 1.7.7-171114 within the notes parameter of the formGroupConfig function enables authenticated administrators to trigger a denial of service condition through a crafted input. The vulnerability requires high-privilege access and cannot result in code execution, but represents a threat to device availability. No public exploit code has been independently confirmed, and this CVE does not appear on the CISA KEV catalog at time of analysis.
Buffer overflow in UTT Aggressive HiPER 1200GW v2.5.3-170306 timeRangeName parameter allows authenticated attackers with high privileges to cause denial of service through crafted input to the formConfigDnsFilterGlobal function. CVSS score of 4.5 reflects local/adjacent network attack vector and high-privilege requirement, with no confidentiality or integrity impact. No public exploit code or active exploitation confirmed at time of analysis.
Double free vulnerability in Rizin's LE binary format parser (librz/bin/format/le/le.c) allows local attackers to trigger heap corruption and denial of service by providing a specially crafted LE binary with circular or malformed fixup chains. The le_load_fixup_record() function improperly manages memory during error handling, freeing relocation entries multiple times. With CVSS 6.2 and local attack vector, this poses moderate risk to systems and automated analysis pipelines that process untrusted binaries without sandboxing.
Denial of service in Free5GC 4.2.0 NGSetupRequest Handler allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash the AMF (Access and Mobility Management Function) component via malformed requests. The vulnerability has a publicly available exploit and a vendor-released patch, with EPSS score of 5.3 indicating moderate but real exploitation risk despite low CVSS scoring.
Denial of Service in Samsung Exynos processors and modems (including 980, 850, 990, 1080, 2100, 1280, 2200, 1330, 1380, 1480, 2400, 1580, 2500, 1680, 9110, W920, W930, W1000, and Modems 5123, 5300, 5400, 5410) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to cause complete service disruption via network-based attacks requiring low complexity and no user interaction. The vulnerability stems from improper input validation (CWE-20) affecting mobile, wearable, and baseband modem chipsets used across Samsung's semiconductor product line. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, though the CVSS vector indicates trivial exploitation conditions (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) that could enable network-accessible denial of service attacks against devices containing these chipsets.
Baseband denial-of-service in Samsung Exynos chipsets (980, 990, 850, 1080, 2100, 1280, 2200, 1330, 1380, 1480, 2400, 1580, 2500, 9110, W920, W930, W1000, Modem 5123, 5300, 5400) allows remote attackers to crash mobile device basebands via malformed LTE MAC packets without authentication. The vulnerability affects the L2 layer processing of MAC Control Elements, enabling network-based attacks against cellular connectivity. EPSS score of 0.02% indicates low observed exploitation probability, and no public exploit identified at time of analysis, though the CVSS score of 9.1 reflects the severity of remotely disrupting critical cellular communications infrastructure.
Denial of service in Samsung Exynos chipsets' NAS (Non-Access Stratum) layer allows remote unauthenticated attackers to crash mobile devices via malformed Downlink NAS Transport packets. Affects 23+ Exynos processor and modem variants used in mobile phones, wearables, and cellular modems (980, 990, 850, 1080, 2100, 1280, 2200, 1330, 1380, 1480, 2400, 1580, 2500, 9110, W920, W930, W1000, Modem 5123, 5300, 5400). Despite CVSS 7.5, EPSS shows only 0.02% exploitation probability (5th percentile), and no public exploit or active exploitation confirmed at time of analysis.
Core FTP 2.0 build 653 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the PBSZ command that allows unauthenticated attackers to crash the service by sending a malformed command with an oversized. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.7), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
FileZilla 3.40.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability in the local search functionality that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying a malformed path string. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.9), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
WinRAR 5.61 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by placing a malformed winrar.lng language file in the installation directory. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.9), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
TaskInfo 8.2.0.280 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by supplying oversized input to registration fields. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.9), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
SpotAuditor 3.6.7 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability in the Base64 Password Decoder component that allows attackers to crash the application. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.9), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
River Past Ringtone Converter 2.7.6.1601 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by supplying oversized input to activation fields. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.9), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Remote Process Explorer 1.0.0.16 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability that allows attackers to cause a denial of service by sending a crafted payload to the Add Computer dialog. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.9), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
LanHelper 1.74 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by sending excessively long input strings. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.9), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
ASPRunner Professional 6.0.766 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability that allows attackers to cause a denial of service by supplying an excessively long project name. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.9), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
a-Mac Address Change 5.4 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying oversized input to registration form fields. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
AnyBurn 4.3 x86 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an excessively long string to the image conversion function. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
IP TOOLS 2.50 contains a local buffer overflow vulnerability in the SNMP Scanner component that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying oversized input. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.8), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Null pointer dereference in Zephyr RTOS TCP stack during connection teardown allows authenticated remote attackers to cause denial of service. A race condition in tcp_recv() processing of SYN packets causes tcp_conn_search() to return NULL on a released connection, which is then dereferenced without validation in tcp_backlog_is_full(), resulting in a crash. The vulnerability requires low-privilege authentication and is moderately complex to trigger due to timing constraints (AC:H), but results in high availability impact.
Wikipedia 12.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to crash the application by submitting oversized input through the search functionality. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.7), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Termite 3.4 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the User interface language settings field that allows local attackers to cause a denial of service by supplying an excessively long string. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.9), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
FTP Voyager 16.2.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by injecting oversized buffer data into the site profile IP field. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.9), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Microsoft 7 Tik 1.0.1.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows attackers to crash the application by submitting excessively long input strings to the search functionality. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.7), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Microsoft Eco Search 1.0.2.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by submitting an excessively long string to the search functionality. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.9), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Microsoft FastTube 1.0.1.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by submitting an excessively long string to the search functionality. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.9), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Microsoft One Search 1.1.0.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by submitting excessively long input strings to the search functionality. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.9), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Microsoft VPN Browser+ 1.1.0.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to crash the application by submitting oversized input through the search. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.7), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Microsoft Watchr 1.1.0.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by submitting an excessively long string to the search functionality. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.9), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Microsoft Smart VPN 1.1.3.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by submitting oversized input through the search interface. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.9), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Microsoft VSCO 1.1.1.0 contains a denial of service vulnerability that allows local attackers to crash the application by submitting an excessively long string through the search functionality. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.9), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
NetSchedScan 1.0 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the scan Hostname/IP field that allows local attackers to crash the application by supplying an oversized input string. Rated medium severity (CVSS 6.9), this vulnerability is no authentication required, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
Directus GraphQL endpoints fail to deduplicate resolver invocations within single requests, allowing authenticated users to exploit GraphQL aliasing for denial-of-service attacks. An attacker with minimal read-only permissions can repeat expensive relational queries using multiple aliases in a single request, forcing concurrent execution of numerous complex database queries that exhaust connection pools and server resources, potentially degrading or crashing the service. No public exploit code has been identified, and this vulnerability requires prior authentication to the Directus instance.
Denial of service in Avahi prior to version 0.9-rc4 allows local unprivileged users to crash avahi-daemon by sending a D-Bus method call with conflicting publish flags. The vulnerability requires local access and low privileges but causes immediate service unavailability. No public exploit code or active exploitation has been confirmed; however, the attack is trivial to execute given the low complexity barrier.
Denial of service in vLLM's VideoMediaIO.load_base64() method allows authenticated remote attackers to crash the server via memory exhaustion by sending API requests with thousands of comma-separated base64-encoded JPEG frames. The vulnerability bypasses the default 32-frame limit enforced in other video loading code paths, allowing attackers to decode gigabytes of image data into memory (e.g., 5000 frames ≈ 4.6 GB for 640x480 RGB) with a small compressed payload. CVSS 6.5 (network-accessible, low complexity, requires authentication, high availability impact); no public exploit code identified at time of analysis.
Denial of service in @nyariv/sandboxjs through unbounded recursion in the parser allows remote attackers to crash Node.js processes by submitting deeply nested expressions (approximately 2000 nested parentheses or brackets), triggering a RangeError that terminates the application. All public API methods (Sandbox.parse, Sandbox.compile, Sandbox.compileAsync, Sandbox.compileExpression, Sandbox.compileExpressionAsync) are vulnerable with no input validation or depth limiting. A proof-of-concept demonstrating the crash exists; no public active exploitation has been reported at the time of analysis.
Memory exhaustion denial of service in jupyterhub-litauthenticator 1.6.2 and earlier allows unauthenticated remote attackers to crash the LTI 1.1 validator by submitting repeated requests with unique OAuth nonces. The vulnerability exists because nonces are stored in an unbounded class-level dictionary before signature validation occurs, enabling an attacker with knowledge of a valid consumer key to gradually exhaust server memory without authentication. EPSS score of 5.9 (medium-high) reflects the network attack vector and practical exploitability, though the requirement to know a valid consumer key and achieve high authentication complexity moderates real-world risk.
Hirschmann HiSecOS devices versions prior to 05.3.03 contain a buffer overflow vulnerability in the HTTPS login interface when RADIUS authentication is enabled that allows remote attackers to crash. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.3), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Denial of service in rust-rpm-sequoia allows local attackers to crash RPM signature verification by submitting specially crafted RPM files that trigger unhandled errors in OpenPGP parsing, preventing legitimate package management operations. CVSS 4.0 (low severity), local attack vector, non-authenticating. No public exploit code or active exploitation confirmed.