CVE-2015-0228

medium Apache
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS Score
18.7%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 5% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
P
Published: March 8, 2015 (4086 days ago)
Last Modified: May 6, 2026
Vendor: Apache
Source: NVD

Description

The lua_websocket_read function in lua_request.c in the mod_lua module in the Apache HTTP Server through 2.4.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (child-process crash) by sending a crafted WebSocket Ping frame after a Lua script has called the wsupgrade function.

CWE

CWE-20

Affected Products

apache http servercanonical ubuntu linuxapple mac os xapple mac os x serveropensuse opensuse

References

🔗 advisories.mageia.org 🔗 lists.apple.com 🔗 lists.apple.com 🔗 lists.opensuse.org 🔗 rhn.redhat.com