CVE-2023-45288

An attacker may cause an HTTP/2 endpoint to read arbitrary amounts of header data by sending an excessive number of CONTINUATION frames. Maintaining HPACK state requires parsing and processing all HEADERS and CONTINUATION frames on a connection. When a request's headers exceed MaxHeaderBytes, no memory is allocated to store the excess headers, but they are still parsed. This permits an attacker to cause an HTTP/2 endpoint to read arbitrary amounts of header data, all associated with a request which is going to be rejected. These headers can include Huffman-encoded data which is significantly more expensive for the receiver to decode than for an attacker to send. The fix sets a limit on the amount of excess header frames we will process before closing a connection.
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History

04 Nov 2025, 19:16

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References
  • () https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/421644 -

Information

Published : 2024-04-04 21:15

Updated : 2025-11-04 19:16


NVD link : CVE-2023-45288

Mitre link : CVE-2023-45288

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-45288


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CWE

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