CVE-2024-53259: quic-go affected by an ICMP Packet Too Large Injection Attack on Linux
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2024-53259 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability in quic-go. EPSS estimates a 0.60% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48.9% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 6.5, adjacent network); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2 · Related 16Timeline
- 02-12-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 02-12-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
quic-go is an implementation of the QUIC protocol in Go. An off-path attacker can inject an ICMP Packet Too Large packet. Since affected quic-go versions used IP_PMTUDISC_DO, the kernel would then return a "message too large" error on sendmsg, i.e. when quic-go attempts to send a packet that exceeds the MTU claimed in that ICMP packet. By setting this value to smaller than 1200 bytes (the minimum MTU for QUIC), the attacker can disrupt a QUIC connection. Crucially, this can be done after completion of the handshake, thereby circumventing any TCP fallback that might be implemented on the application layer (for example, many browsers fall back to HTTP over TCP if they're unable to establish a QUIC connection). The attacker needs to at least know the client's IP and port tuple to mount an attack. This vulnerability is fixed in 0.48.2.
CVSS metrics
8 scores · 7 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · WolfiEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · GoEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · ChainguardEcosystem advisory · calculated6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVDNIST6.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.60%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
49%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Increase +0.01 pp
From 0.60% 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: adjacent network, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Chainguard56 products
- buf< 1.47.2-r1
- caddy< 2.8.4-r4
- caddy-fips< 2.8.4-r4
- caddy-man< 2.8.4-r4
- caddy-src< 2.8.4-r4
Wolfi13 products
- buf< 1.47.2-r1
- caddy< 2.8.4-r4
- caddy-man< 2.8.4-r4
- caddy-src< 2.8.4-r4
- cloudflared< 2024.12.1-r0
Debian1 product
- golang-github-lucas-clemente-quic-goAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 0.50.0-1
Github.com/quic-go1 product
- quic-go< 0.48.2
Opensuse1 product
- teleport&distro=openSUSE Tumbleweed< 17.0.3-1.1
Quic-go1 product
- quic-go< 0.48.2
Ubuntu1 product
- golang-github-lucas-clemente-quic-goAll versions (No fix recorded)
7 vendors · 74 products
References
14 links- github.com/quic-go/quic-go/security/advisories/GHSA-px8v-pp82-rcvrX Refsource CONFIRMREPORTAdvisoryWEB
- github.com/quic-go/quic-go/commit/ca31dd355cbe5fc6c5807992d9d1149c66c96a50X Refsource MISCREPORTFIXWEB
Show all 14 references
- github.com/quic-go/quic-goPACKAGE
- lists.opensuse.org/archives/…Advisory