Is CVE-2018-16844 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2018-16844 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2018-16844?

CVE-2018-16844 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2018-16844?

CVE-2018-16844 has an EPSS score of 12.40% (96th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2018-16844

HIGHEPSS 96th pctl

7.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

nginx before versions 1.15.6 and 1.14.1 has a vulnerability in the implementation of HTTP/2 that can allow for excessive CPU usage. This issue affects nginx compiled with the ngx_http_v2_module (not compiled by default) if the 'http2' option of the 'listen' directive is used in a configuration file.

CWE-400Resource Exhaustion

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

12.40%probability of exploitation in 30 days

96thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 96% of all known CVEs.

References

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.