CVE-2024-24989
nginx: NULL pointer dereference in HTTP/3
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · February 14, 2024
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
A flaw was found in the nginx HTTP/3 implementation. This issue may allow an attacker to use a specially crafted QUIC session to trigger a NULL pointer dereference error, causing a worker process to crash, leading to a denial of service.
Statement
The nginx package as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8, 9 and RHSCL is not affected by this vulnerability because support for HTTP3 is not enabled and the vulnerable code was introduced in a newer version of nginx.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 7.5CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference