{"id":"CVE-2016-2168","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-2168","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:44:00.088Z","title":"The req_check_access function in the mod_authz_svn module in the httpd server in Apache Subversion before 1.8.16 and 1.9.x before 1.9.4 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted…","description":"The req_check_access function in the mod_authz_svn module in the httpd server in Apache Subversion before 1.8.16 and 1.9.x before 1.9.4 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted header in a (1) MOVE or (2) COPY request, involving an authorization check.","published":"2016-05-05T18:59:02.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:43:34.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":6.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["apache/subversion"],"epss":{"score":0.20686,"percentile":0.97509,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 20.7%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184545.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00043.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00044.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/subversion-announce/201604.mbox/%3CCAP_GPNgJet+7_MAhomFVOXPgLtewcUw9w=k9zdPCkq5tvPxVMA%40mail.gmail.com%3E","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/subversion-announce/201604.mbox/%3CCAP_GPNgfn1iKueW51EpmXzXi_URNfGNofZSgOyW1_jnSeNm5DQ%40mail.gmail.com%3E","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2016-2168-advisory.txt","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3561","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89320","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035707","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.417496","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-05","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184545.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00043.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00044.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/subversion-announce/201604.mbox/%3CCAP_GPNgJet+7_MAhomFVOXPgLtewcUw9w=k9zdPCkq5tvPxVMA%40mail.gmail.com%3E","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/subversion-announce/201604.mbox/%3CCAP_GPNgfn1iKueW51EpmXzXi_URNfGNofZSgOyW1_jnSeNm5DQ%40mail.gmail.com%3E","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2016-2168-advisory.txt","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3561","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/89320","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035707","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2016&m=slackware-security.417496","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201610-05","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2168","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}