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.
Published 2002-12-31 05:00:00
Updated 2024-02-09 00:29:55
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: Denial of service

Products affected by CVE-2002-1850

Threat overview for CVE-2002-1850

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2002-1850
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 7547
IPs affected by CVE-2002-1850 66,097
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1850

0.65%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 79 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2002-1850

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
5.0
MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
10.0
2.9
NIST
7.5
HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
3.9
3.6
NIST 2024-02-09

CWE ids for CVE-2002-1850

  • The product does not properly acquire or release a lock on a resource, leading to unexpected resource state changes and behaviors.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

Vendor statements for CVE-2002-1850

  • Red Hat 2006-08-30
    Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of Apache HTTP server as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1, 3, or 4.

References for CVE-2002-1850

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