CVE-2024-45396: Quicly assertion failures
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-45396 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Reachable Assertion vulnerability in dena quicly. EPSS estimates a 0.58% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 7.5 (CVE.org); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 1% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Timeline
- 11-10-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 15-10-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
Quicly is an IETF QUIC protocol implementation. Quicly up to commtit d720707 is susceptible to a denial-of-service attack. A remote attacker can exploit these bugs to trigger an assertion failure that crashes process using quicly. The vulnerability is addressed with commit 2a95896104901589c495bc41460262e64ffcad5c.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version- NVDNIST7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.58%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
48%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.58% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Dena1 product
- quicly< 2024-10-10
H2o1 product
- quicly< 2a95896104901589c495bc41460262e64ffcad5c
2 vendors · 2 products