CVE-2004-0492

critical Apache
CVSS v3 Base Score
10.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
23.7%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 4% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: August 6, 2004 (7951 days ago)
Last Modified: April 16, 2026
Vendor: Apache
Source: NVD

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in proxy_util.c for mod_proxy in Apache 1.3.25 to 1.3.31 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a negative Content-Length HTTP header field, which causes a large amount of data to be copied.

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

apache http serverhp virtualvaulthp webproxyibm http serversgi propackhp vvosopenbsd openbsd

References

🔗 patches.sgi.com 🔗 marc.info 🔗 marc.info 🔗 rhn.redhat.com 🔗 seclists.org