Vulnerability · Published Mar 15, 2021 · Assigned by facebook

CVE-2021-24029

High 7.5

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in mvfst from Facebook. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.2% (higher than 68% of all known vulnerabilities).

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 32.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

A packet of death scenario is possible in mvfst via a specially crafted message during a QUIC session, which causes a crash via a failed assertion. Per QUIC specification, this particular message should be treated as a connection error. This issue affects mvfst versions prior to commit a67083ff4b8dcbb7ee2839da6338032030d712b0 and proxygen versions prior to v2021.03.15.00.

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Facebook mvfst unspecified – before a67083ff4b8dcbb7ee2839da6338032030d712b0
Facebook proxygen unspecified – before v2021.03.15.00

Weakness: CWE-617

References