CVE-2018-16844

nginx before versions 1.15.6 and 1.14.1 has a vulnerability in the implementation of HTTP/2 that can allow for excessive CPU usage. This issue affects nginx compiled with the ngx_http_v2_module (not compiled by default) if the 'http2' option of the 'listen' directive is used in a configuration file.

• CWE-400
• CWE-400

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00035.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2018/000220.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/36Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105868Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042038Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3680Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3681Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16844Issue Tracking
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212818Third Party Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3812-1/Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4335Third Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00035.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://mailman.nginx.org/pipermail/nginx-announce/2018/000220.htmlMailing List, Vendor Advisory
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2021/Sep/36Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105868Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042038Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3680Third Party Advisory
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3681Third Party Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-16844Issue Tracking
• https://support.apple.com/kb/HT212818Third Party Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3812-1/Third Party Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4335Third Party Advisory

Published

Nov 7, 2018

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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