# CVE-2018-6335: A Malformed h2 frame can cause 'std::out\_of\_range' exception when parsing priority meta data.

- Severity: CVSS 7.5 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 3.21.11
- Published: 2018-12-31 · Updated: 2025-05-06

## Affected

- Facebook HHVM: fixed in 3.21.11

## Description

A Malformed h2 frame can cause 'std::out_of_range' exception when parsing priority meta data. This behavior can lead to denial-of-service. This affects all supported versions of HHVM (3.25.2, 3.24.6, and 3.21.10 and below) when using the proxygen server to handle HTTP2 requests.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Facebook HHVM, upgrade to a fixed version (3.21.11) per the references below.
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## References

- https://hhvm.com/blog/2018/05/04/hhvm-3.25.3.html
- https://github.com/facebook/hhvm/commit/4cb57dd753a339654ca464c139db9871fe961d56

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