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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2019-11924

A peer could send empty handshake fragments containing only padding which would be kept in memory until a full handshake was received, resulting in memory exhaustion. This issue affects versions v2019.01.28.00 and above of fizz, until v2019.08.05.00.

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31 Oct 2026, 12:28 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2019-11924

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Aug 2019, 20:15 UTC

A peer could send empty handshake fragments containing only padding which would be kept in memory until a full handshake was received, resulting in memory exhaustion. This issue affects versions v2019.01.28.00 and above of fizz, until v2019.08.05.00.

osv:CVE-2019-11924
Complete source record
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