CVE-2021-32714: Integer Overflow in Chunked Transfer-Encoding
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 36/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.1% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 67.4% of all records.
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: hyperium hyper 0.14.10.
- Severity is disputed: the assigning authority (CNA) scores it 5.9, NVD 9.1.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to hyperium hyper 0.14.10 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
hyper is an HTTP library for Rust. In versions prior to 0.14.10, hyper's HTTP server and client code had a flaw that could trigger an integer overflow when decoding chunk sizes that are too big. This allows possible data loss, or if combined with an upstream HTTP proxy that allows chunk sizes larger than hyper does, can result in "request smuggling" or "desync attacks." The vulnerability is patched in version 0.14.10. Two possible workarounds exist. One may reject requests manually that contain a `Transfer-Encoding` header or ensure any upstream proxy rejects `Transfer-Encoding` chunk sizes greater than what fits in 64-bit unsigned integers.
- Published
- Jul 7, 2021
- Updated
- Jun 16, 2026
- EPSS
- 1.1% · 67th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-190
Report tools
Action score
36
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 36 / 40 · 9.1 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 1.1%
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 9.1
- CNA · GitHub_M
- 5.9
- 3.2 point gap
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| hyper | hyper | cpe:2.3:a:hyper:hyper |
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (GitHub_M). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
hyperium hyper
- < 0.14.10affected
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- hyper hyperbefore 0.14.10
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| crates.io | hyper | from 0.0.0-0 · before 0.14.10 | 0.14.10 |
| crates.io | hyper | before 0.14.10 | 0.14.10 |
| Debian:12 | rust-hyper | before 0.14.19-1 | 0.14.19-1 |
Same product
hyper: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2020-35863An issue was discovered in the hyper crate before 0.12.34 for Rust.40Plan
- CVE-2021-21299Multiple Transfer-Encoding headers misinterprets request payload33Monitor
- CVE-2022-31394Hyperium Hyper before 0.14.19 does not allow for customization of the max_header_list_size method in the H2 third-party software, allowing…30Monitor
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2016-10932Aug 26, 2019 · An issue was discovered in the hyper crate before 0.9.4 for Rust on Windows.19Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2017-18587Aug 26, 2019 · An issue was discovered in the hyper crate before 0.9.18 for Rust.21Monitor
- Later →CVE-2021-32715Jul 7, 2021 · Lenient Parsing of Content-Length Header When Prefixed with Plus Sign21Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| hyperium hyper | 0.14.10 · description | Vendor (CNA) |
| crates.io:hyper | 0.14.10 | Package registry (OSV) |
| debian:rust-hyper | 0.14.19-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
Not on record for this CVE: EPSS history · patch commit or PR link · researcher credit · variant or chain candidate · public bounty program.
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- high · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- High
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-190 · Integer Overflow or WraparoundCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log (1)
- Fix✗ → ✓
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