CVE-2002-1850
7.5
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.2%
Description
mod_cgi in Apache 2.0.39 and 2.0.40 allows local users and possibly remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang and memory consumption) by causing a CGI script to send a large amount of data to stderr, which results in a read/write deadlock between httpd and the CGI script.
How to fix CVE-2002-1850
To remediate CVE-2002-1850, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/apache2—upgrade to 2.0.42-1 or later
Is CVE-2002-1850 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.0.42-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |