CVE-2021-41524

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

While fuzzing the 2.4.49 httpd, a new null pointer dereference was detected during HTTP/2 request processing, allowing an external source to DoS the server. This requires a specially crafted request. The vulnerability was recently introduced in version 2.4.49. No exploit is known to the project.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 7.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-476

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
Apache Software Foundation	Apache HTTP Server	2.4.49

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/05/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.htmlVendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DSM6UWQICBJ2TU727RENU3HBKEAFLT6T/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EUVJVRJRBW5QVX4OY3NOHZDQ3B3YOTSG/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-20Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211029-0009/Third Party Advisory
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-apache-httpd-pathtrv-LAzg68cZThird Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/05/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.htmlVendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DSM6UWQICBJ2TU727RENU3HBKEAFLT6T/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EUVJVRJRBW5QVX4OY3NOHZDQ3B3YOTSG/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-20Third Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211029-0009/Third Party Advisory
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-apache-httpd-pathtrv-LAzg68cZThird Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Oct 5, 2021
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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