A flaw was found in HTTP/2, affecting various web servers. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by combining an HPACK compression bomb with a zero-byte flow-control window. This technique allows a small amount of data to expand into large memory allocations on the server, which are then held, leading to a denial of service (DoS) by rendering the server inaccessible.
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Description A flaw was found in HTTP/2, affecting various web servers. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by combining an HPACK compression bomb with a zero-byte flow-control window. This technique allows a small amount of data to expand into large memory allocations on the server, which are then held, leading to a denial of service (DoS) by rendering the server inaccessible.
Title httpd: HTTP/2: Remote Denial of Service via compression bomb and Slowloris-style attack
Weaknesses CWE-409
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cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Important


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Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2026-06-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2026-49975 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2026-06-06T02:00:10Z