CVE-2019-12412

Libapreq2 vulnerability

CVSS

7.5

EPSS

3.9%

EPSS pct

89th

Exploited

No known

A flaw in the libapreq2 v2.07 to v2.13 multipart parser can deference a null pointer leading to a process crash. A remote attacker could send a request causing a process crash which could lead to a denial of service attack.

Affected vendor

Apache

Affected product

Libapreq2

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

Published

2020-11-19

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 3.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2019-12412

Confirm whether Apache Libapreq2 is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2019-12412.
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