CVE-2019-9514 | Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to a reset flood, potentially leading to a denial of service

Some HTTP/2 implementations are vulnerable to a reset flood, potentially leading to a denial of service. The attacker opens a number of streams and sends an invalid request over each stream that should solicit a stream of RST_STREAM frames from the peer. Depending on how the peer queues the RST_STREAM frames, this can consume excess memory, CPU, or both.

Published: 2019-08-13 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2019-9514 is rated High Risk (69.9/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 82.81%, 100th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +73.49% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-9514

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 9.32% 82.81% +73.49%
2 2026-05-29 9.48% 9.32% -0.16%
3 2026-05-27 9.48%

Full EPSS history (75 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-9514

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
3.9 3.6 [email protected]
7.5 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
3.9 3.6 [email protected]
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-9514

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2019-9514

GHSA-39qc-96h7-956f · Severity: high · Ecosystem: go — golang.org/x/net/http vulnerable to a reset flood

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-9514

vendor priority summary link
alpine CVE-2019-9514: 6 source package rows (containerd, go, h2o, k3s, nodejs, py3-twisted); 42 state rows across 17 repos (3.10-main, 3.11-main, 3.12-main, 3.17-community, 3.17-main, 3.18-community, 3.18-main, 3.19-community, 3.19-main, 3.20-community, 3.20-main, 3.21-community, 3.21-main, 3.22-community, 3.22-main, edge-community, edge-main); fixed 42, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-9514
debian not yet assigned CVE-2019-9514 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 4 source packages (h2o, nodejs, rust-h2, trafficserver), 14 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 13, open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-9514
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9514
suse high CVE-2019-9514 severity important: SUSE including 169 source package names (MozillaFirefox-68.2.0-78.51.4, MozillaFirefox-branding-SLED-68-21.9.8, …), 438 product×package rows across 43 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0, SUSE CaaS Platform 4.5, … (43 product lines)): Fixed 326, Known Not Affected 112. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-9514/
ubuntu medium CVE-2019-9514 medium priority: Ubuntu including 16 source packages (golang, golang-1.10, …), 292 status rows across 19 suites (bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hirsute, impish, jammy, kinetic, lunar, mantic, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 132, not-affected 61, ignored 46, needs-triage 19, released 18, needed 16. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-9514

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-9514

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apple swiftnio >= 1.0.0, <= 1.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:apple:swiftnio:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache traffic_server >= 6.0.0, <= 6.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:apache:traffic_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache traffic_server >= 7.0.0, <= 7.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:apache:traffic_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
apache traffic_server >= 8.0.0, <= 8.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:apache:traffic_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 16.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 18.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 19.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 9.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
synology skynas cpe:2.3:a:synology:skynas:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
synology diskstation_manager 6.2 cpe:2.3:o:synology:diskstation_manager:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
synology vs960hd_firmware cpe:2.3:o:synology:vs960hd_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 29 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 30 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap 15.0 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
opensuse leap 15.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat developer_tools 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:developer_tools:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_core_services 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_core_services:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_application_platform 7.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_application_platform 7.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openshift_container_platform 3.9 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openshift_container_platform 3.10 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openshift_container_platform 3.11 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openshift_container_platform 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openshift_container_platform 4.2 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openshift_service_mesh 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_service_mesh:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openstack 14 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openstack:14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat quay 3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:quay:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat single_sign-on 7.3 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:single_sign-on:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat software_collections 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:software_collections:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 8.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle graalvm 19.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:graalvm:19.2.0:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:*
mcafee web_gateway >= 7.7.2.0, < 7.7.2.24 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:web_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee web_gateway >= 7.8.2.0, < 7.8.2.13 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:web_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
mcafee web_gateway >= 8.1.0, < 8.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:mcafee:web_gateway:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp cloud_insights cpe:2.3:a:netapp:cloud_insights:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp trident cpe:2.3:a:netapp:trident:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip_local_traffic_manager >= 11.6.1, < 11.6.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip_local_traffic_manager >= 12.1.0, < 12.1.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip_local_traffic_manager >= 13.1.0, < 13.1.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip_local_traffic_manager >= 14.0.0, < 14.0.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip_local_traffic_manager >= 14.1.0, < 14.1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
f5 big-ip_local_traffic_manager >= 15.0.0, < 15.0.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:f5:big-ip_local_traffic_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
nodejs node.js >= 8.0.0, <= 8.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
nodejs node.js >= 8.9.0, < 8.16.1 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
nodejs node.js >= 10.0.0, <= 10.12.0 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
nodejs node.js >= 10.13.0, < 10.16.3 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
nodejs node.js >= 12.0.0, < 12.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:nodejs:node.js:*:*:*:*:-:*:*:*

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