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ALPINE-CVE-2018-16843

ALPINE-CVE-2018-16843 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

nginx before versions 1.15.6 and 1.14.1 has a vulnerability in the implementation of HTTP/2 that can allow for excessive memory consumption. This issue affects nginx compiled with the ngx_http_v2_module (not compiled by default) if the 'http2' option of the 'listen' directive is used in a configuration file.

Risk Scores

CVSS 3.1
7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Alpine:v3.18nginx1.14.0-r0, 1.6.1-r0, 1.6.0-r2
Alpine:v3.9nginx1.0.14-r0, 0.8.53-r0, 0.8.54-r0
Alpine:v3.11nginx1.6.2-r3, 1.12.1-r2, 1.12.1-r1
Alpine:v3.21nginx1.12.0-r1, 1.12.0-r0, 1.10.3-r5
Alpine:v3.19nginx1.14.0-r2, 0, 0.8.53-r0
Alpine:v3.8nginx1.0.4-r1, 0, 0
Alpine:v3.23nginx1.10.1-r4, 0, 0.8.53-r0
Alpine:v3.15nginx1.4.7-r0, 1.12.2-r0, 1.0.15-r0
Alpine:v3.22nginx1.10.1-r5, 0, 0.8.53-r0
Alpine:v3.16nginx0, 0.8.53-r0, 0.8.54-r0
Alpine:v3.6nginx1.4.0-r1, 0, 0.8.53-r0
Alpine:v3.13nginx1.12.2-r3, 1.12.2-r5, 1.12.2-r6
Alpinenginx
Alpine:v3.20nginx1.4.2-r1, 1.4.3-r0, 1.4.3-r1
Alpine:v3.14nginx1.4.0-r1, 1.10.1-r3, 1.10.1-r4
Alpine:v3.12nginx0, 1.4.4-r1, 1.4.4-r2
Alpine:v3.24nginx0, 0
Alpine:v3.17nginx1.10.1-r9, 0, 0.8.53-r0
Alpine:v3.10nginx0.8.54-r0, 0, 0.8.53-r0
Alpine:v3.7nginx0, 0, 0.8.53-r0

Timeline

  • Nov 7, 2018 CVE Published
  • Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
  • Jun 9, 2026 CVE Updated
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