CVE-2013-2765
mediumpriority · track · 35EPSS 0.137 · 96 %ileexploit · PoCEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
The ModSecurity module before 2.7.4 for the Apache HTTP Server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference, process crash, and disk consumption) via a POST request with a large body and a crafted Content-Type header.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-25852ModSecurity - Remote Null Pointer DereferencePoC · exploit_db
affected products (5)
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also known as (3)
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sources
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references (33)
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- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-05/0125.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00020.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00025.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00031.htmlcnnvd
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=30900019cnnvd
- http://www.modsecurity.org/cnnvd
- http://www.shookalabs.com/cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=967615cnnvd
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