VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2016-4450

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability16.38%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2016-06-07
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Description

os/unix/ngx_files.c in nginx before 1.10.1 and 1.11.x before 1.11.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and worker process crash) via a crafted request, involving writing a client request body to a temporary file.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Primary references