HOMEVULNERABILITIESCVE-2018-6343
HIGH

CVE-2018-6343

CWE-476Published: December 31, 2018· Updated: Jun 17, 2026

7.5
CVSS v3.1

Official Description

Proxygen fails to validate that a secondary auth manager is set before dereferencing it. That can cause a denial of service issue when parsing a Certificate/CertificateRequest HTTP2 Frame over a fizz (TLS 1.3) transport. This issue affects Proxygen releases starting from v2018.10.29.00 until the fix in v2018.11.19.00.

NVD Source

Technical Analysis

CVE-2018-6343 can be exploited remotely over the network without requiring physical or adjacent access, significantly expanding the attack surface for threat actors.

The vulnerability requires no privileges and no user interaction, making it a prime target for automated exploitation campaigns and worm-like propagation.

A successful exploit results in availability disruption (denial of service), with a CVSS base score of 7.5.

CVSS v3.1 Vector Breakdown

Exploitability
Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges Req.None
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
Impact
ConfidentialityNone
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityHigh
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Vendors & Products

facebook1 product(s)
proxygen
Source: NVD CPE · 1 total CPE entries

Exploit & PoC Resources

NO KNOWN EXPLOITNo public exploit confirmed at this time
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Official Patches & Advisories

PATCHhttps://github.com/facebook/proxygen/commit/0600ebe59c3e82cd012def77ca9ca1918da74a71
PATCHhttps://github.com/facebook/proxygen/commit/0600ebe59c3e82cd012def77ca9ca1918da74a71

All References (2)

→
https://github.com/facebook/proxygen/commit/0600ebe59c3e82cd012def77ca9ca1918da74a71Patch · Third Party Advisory
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https://github.com/facebook/proxygen/commit/0600ebe59c3e82cd012def77ca9ca1918da74a71Patch · Third Party Advisory

Quick Facts

CVE IDCVE-2018-6343
CVSS Score7.5 / 10
SeverityHIGH
WeaknessCWE-476
CISA KEVNo
Affected1 vendor(s)
PublishedDec 31, 2018

Related CVEs (CWE-476)

CVE-2022-36648
10.0
CVE-2010-2495
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CVE-2016-10344
9.8
CVE-2015-9043
9.8
CVE-2022-0582
9.8
CVE-2015-9073
9.8

Recommended Actions

  • →Apply vendor patches immediately
  • →Monitor CVE-2018-6343 in threat intel feeds
  • →Review IDS/IPS signatures for exploitation attempts
Data sourced from NVD (NIST), CISA KEV, and EPSS (FIRST). Analysis generated by CTIWATCH.COM. CVE data is provided under the NVD usage policy.
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