THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2022-28615
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2022-28615

Http Server vulnerability

CVSS
9.1
EPSS
5.7%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
Apache HTTP Server 2.4.53 and earlier may crash or disclose information due to a read beyond bounds in ap_strcmp_match() when provided with an extremely large input buffer. While no code distributed with the server can be coerced into such a call, third-party modules or lua scripts that use ap_strcmp_match() may hypothetically be affected.
Affected vendor
Apache
Affected product
Http Server
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Published
2022-06-09

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 confidentiality, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2022-28615

  • Confirm whether Apache Http Server is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2022-28615.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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