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Until then it returns :more, and Mint.HTTP2 keeps every received byte in the connection buffer. A server can declare a frame length of up to 16,777,215 bytes and withhold the last byte, keeping roughly 1,024 times the advertised limit buffered for as long as the connection stays open. The server has to send every byte the client buffers, so there is no amplification, and the buffer stops at the 24-bit frame length limit.\n\nThis issue affects mint: from 0.1.0 before 1.11.0."}], "impacts": [{"capecId": "CAPEC-130", "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "supportingMedia": [{"base64": false, "type": "text/html", "value": "<p>A malicious or compromised HTTP/2 server can make a Mint client keep up to about 16 MiB per connection buffered, and keep it there while the connection stays open. 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