VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2013-6438

CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability27.50%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2014-03-18
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

The dav_xml_get_cdata function in main/util.c in the mod_dav module in the Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.8 does not properly remove whitespace characters from CDATA sections, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a crafted DAV WRITE request.

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