CVE Catalog

CVE-2017-7659

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

A maliciously constructed HTTP/2 request could cause mod_http2 in Apache HTTP Server versions 2.4.24 and 2.4.25 to dereference a NULL pointer and crash the server process.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to remotely crash the server, potentially leading to service downtime and loss of availability.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Apache HTTP Server to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

A maliciously constructed HTTP/2 request could cause mod_http2 in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.24, 2.4.25 to dereference a NULL pointer and crash the server process.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS