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CVE-2024-38477 (GCVE-0-2024-38477)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-07-01 18:16 – Updated: 2025-11-03 21:55
VLAI
Title
Apache HTTP Server: Crash resulting in Denial of Service in mod_proxy via a malicious request
Summary
null pointer dereference in mod_proxy in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.59 and earlier allows an attacker to crash the server via a malicious request. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.60, which fixes this issue.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-07-22 16:23 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-476 - NULL Pointer Dereference
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server Affected: 2.4.0 , ≤ 2.4.59 (semver)
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Credits
Orange Tsai (@orange_8361) from DEVCORE
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