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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2015-3183

The chunked transfer coding implementation in the Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.14 does not properly parse chunk headers, which allows remote attackers to conduct HTTP request smuggling attacks via a crafted request, related to mishandling of large…

MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 73.3%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 73.3%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

The chunked transfer coding implementation in the Apache HTTP Server before 2.4.14 does not properly parse chunk headers, which allows remote attackers to conduct HTTP request smuggling attacks via a crafted request, related to mishandling of large chunk-size values and invalid chunk-extension characters in modules/http/http_filters.c.

CVSS 2.0
5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
EPSS
73.33% probability · 99th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-17, CWE-20
Affected
apache/http server
Source
secalert@redhat.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.