CVE-2013-2765
The ModSecurity module before 2.7.4 for the Apache HTTP Server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference, process crash, and disk consumption) via a POST request with a large body and a crafted Content-Type header.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.7%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The ModSecurity module before 2.7.4 for the Apache HTTP Server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference, process crash, and disk consumption) via a POST request with a large body and a crafted Content-Type header.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 13.72% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 31 May 2013
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- trustwave/modsecurity · opensuse/opensuse
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 13.7% since 4 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-05/0125.htmlBroken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00020.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00025.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00031.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=30900019Third Party Advisory
- http://www.modsecurity.org/Vendor Advisory
- http://www.shookalabs.com/Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=967615Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/commit/0840b13612a0b7ef1ce7441cf811dcfc6b463fbaPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/shookalabs/exploits/blob/master/modsecurity_cve_2013_2765_check.pyExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://raw.github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/master/CHANGESBroken Link
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-05/0125.htmlBroken Link
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00020.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00025.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00031.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=30900019Third Party Advisory
- http://www.modsecurity.org/Vendor Advisory
- http://www.shookalabs.com/Third Party Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=967615Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/commit/0840b13612a0b7ef1ce7441cf811dcfc6b463fbaPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/shookalabs/exploits/blob/master/modsecurity_cve_2013_2765_check.pyExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://raw.github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/master/CHANGESBroken Link
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.