CVE-2024-3302

Description

There was no limit to the number of HTTP/2 CONTINUATION frames that would be processed. A server could abuse this to create an Out of Memory condition in the browser. This vulnerability affects Firefox < 125, Firefox ESR < 115.10, and Thunderbird < 115.10.

Problem types

Denial of Service using HTTP/2 CONTINUATION frames

Product status

Credits

Bartek Nowotarski via CERT

References

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1881183

https://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/421644 (VU#421644 - HTTP/2 CONTINUATION frames can be utilized for DoS attacks)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00012.html

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2024/04/msg00013.html

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-18/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-19/

https://www.mozilla.org/security/advisories/mfsa2024-20/

cve.org CVE-2024-3302

nvd.nist.gov CVE-2024-3302

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