CVE-2016-2145

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The am_read_post_data function in mod_auth_mellon before 0.11.1 does not check if the ap_get_client_block function returns an error, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and process crash) via a crafted POST data.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-20

Affected software

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References

Timeline

Published: Apr 15, 2016
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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