Vulnerability CVE-2021-24029


Published: 2021-03-15   Modified: 2021-03-16

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.

Type:

CWE-617

(Reachable Assertion)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Facebook -> Mvfst 
Facebook -> Proxygen 

 References:
https://github.com/facebookincubator/mvfst/commit/a67083ff4b8dcbb7ee2839da6338032030d712b0
https://www.facebook.com/security/advisories/cve-2021-24029

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