A flaw was found in the vLLM library. A completions API request with an empty prompt will crash the vLLM API server, resulting in a denial of service.
https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/pull/7746
https://github.com/vllm-project/vllm/issues/7632
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2311895
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-8768
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 2024-09-17
Updated: 2024-09-20
Base Score: 5
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Severity: Medium
Base Score: 7.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Severity: High