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CVE-2016-8740

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
05/12/2016
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

The mod_http2 module in the Apache HTTP Server 2.4.17 through 2.4.23, when the Protocols configuration includes h2 or h2c, does not restrict request-header length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted CONTINUATION frames in an HTTP/2 request.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.50 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
7.50
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:2.4.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:2.4.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:2.4.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:2.4.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:2.4.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:2.4.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:2.4.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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