CVE-2016-6580

HIGH

Python Priority Library <1.2.0 - DoS

Title source: llm

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.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0048
EPSS Percentile 64.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-399
Status draft

Affected Products (4)

python/python_priority_library
python/python_priority_library
python/python_priority_library
pypi/priority < 1.2.0PyPI

Timeline

Published Jan 10, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026