3.3

CVE-2016-1544: fedoraproject fedora Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-1544DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1544openSUSE-SU-2024:10164-1
Published 06-02-2020Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-1544 is a low (CVSS 3.3) Uncontrolled Resource Consumption vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 0.89% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 59.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 3.3, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
3.3/10
010
Low · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.89%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
SUSE-SU-2021:0932-1

Timeline

  1. 06-02-2020
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

nghttp2 before 1.7.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion).

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.89%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

59%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.89% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian1 product
  • nghttp2< 1.7.1-1
Fedoraproject1 product
Nghttp21 product
Opensuse1 product
  • nghttp2&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 1.17.0-1.1
Ubuntu1 product
  • nghttp2< 1.7.1-1

5 vendors · 5 products

References

10 links