VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2021-44790

CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability96.84%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-12-20
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

A carefully crafted request body can cause a buffer overflow in the mod_lua multipart parser (r:parsebody() called from Lua scripts). The Apache httpd team is not aware of an exploit for the vulnerabilty though it might be possible to craft one. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server 2.4.51 and earlier.

Weakness classification

  • security@apache.org: CWE-787
  • nvd@nist.gov: CWE-787

Primary references