THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-2145
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-2145

Fedora vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.1%
EPSS pct
86th
Exploited
No known
The am_read_post_data function in mod_auth_mellon before 0.11.1 does not check if the ap_get_client_block function returns an error, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and process crash) via a crafted POST data.
Affected vendor
Fedoraproject
Affected product
Fedora
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation
Published
2016-04-15

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

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