CVE-2016-6580

7.5 HIGH
Published: January 10, 2017 Modified: May 06, 2026
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Description

A HTTP/2 implementation built using any version of the Python priority library prior to version 1.2.0 could be targeted by a malicious peer by having that peer assign priority information for every possible HTTP/2 stream ID. The priority tree would happily continue to store the priority information for each stream, and would therefore allocate unbounded amounts of memory. Attempting to actually use a tree like this would also cause extremely high CPU usage to maintain the tree.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92311
Source: cve@mitre.org
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://python-hyper.org/priority/en/latest/security/CVE-2016-6580.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Mitigation Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92311
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://python-hyper.org/priority/en/latest/security/CVE-2016-6580.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Mitigation Vendor Advisory

4 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.5 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.5%
65th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

Affected Vendors

python