HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2018-1333

Http Server vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
17.1%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
By specially crafting HTTP/2 requests, workers would be allocated 60 seconds longer than necessary, leading to worker exhaustion and a denial of service. Fixed in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.34 (Affected 2.4.18-2.4.30,2.4.33).
Affected vendor
Apache
Affected product
Http Server
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-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Published
2018-06-18

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 17.1% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2018-1333

  • Confirm whether Apache Http Server is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2018-1333.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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