7.5
HIGH
CVE-2021-36154
gRPC Swift HTTP2ToRawGRPCServerCodec Denial of Service
Description

HTTP2ToRawGRPCServerCodec in gRPC Swift 1.1.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to deny service via the delivery of many small messages within a single HTTP/2 frame, leading to Uncontrolled Recursion and stack consumption.

INFO

Published Date :

July 9, 2021, 12:15 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 13, 2021, 6:06 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-36154 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Linuxfoundation grpc_swift
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2021-36154.

URL Resource
https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=35274 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/grpc/grpc-swift/releases Release Notes Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/grpc/grpc-swift/security/advisories/GHSA-4rhq-vq24-88gw Third Party Advisory

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-36154 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 13, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=35274 No Types Assigned https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=35274 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/grpc/grpc-swift/releases No Types Assigned https://github.com/grpc/grpc-swift/releases Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/grpc/grpc-swift/security/advisories/GHSA-4rhq-vq24-88gw No Types Assigned https://github.com/grpc/grpc-swift/security/advisories/GHSA-4rhq-vq24-88gw Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-674
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:grpc_swift:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:grpc_swift:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:grpc_swift:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-36154 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.55 }} 0.07%

score

0.76981

percentile

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