Description
mod_cgi in Apache 2.0.39 and 2.0.40 allows local users and possibly remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang and memory consumption) by causing a CGI script to send a large amount of data to stderr, which results in a read/write deadlock between httpd and the CGI script.
Exploits (1)
References (9)
Scores
CVSS v3
7.5
EPSS
0.0291
EPSS Percentile
86.4%
Attack Vector
NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-667
Status
published
Products (2)
apache/http_server
2.0.39
apache/http_server
2.0.40
Published
Dec 31, 2002
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026