{"id":"CVE-2020-35452","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2020-35452","generatedAt":"2026-11-05T01:17:43.778Z","title":"Apache HTTP Server versions 2.4.0 to 2.4.46 A specially crafted Digest nonce can cause a stack overflow in mod_auth_digest.","description":"Apache HTTP Server versions 2.4.0 to 2.4.46 A specially crafted Digest nonce can cause a stack overflow in mod_auth_digest. There is no report of this overflow being exploitable, nor the Apache HTTP Server team could create one, though some particular compiler and/or compilation option might make it possible, with limited consequences anyway due to the size (a single byte) and the value (zero byte) of the overflow","published":"2021-06-10T07:15:07.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T03:13:44.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"security@apache.org","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.3,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L"},"cwe":["CWE-787"],"affected":["apache/http server","debian/debian linux","fedoraproject/fedora","oracle/enterprise manager ops center","oracle/instantis enterprisetrack","oracle/zfs storage appliance kit"],"epss":{"score":0.54808,"percentile":0.99024,"date":"2026-11-03","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 54.8%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/06/10/5","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7f2b70b621651548f4b6f027552f1dd91705d7111bb5d15cda0a68dd%40%3Cdev.httpd.apache.org%3E","source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rccb1b8225583a48c6360edc7a93cc97ae8b0215791e455dc607e7602%40%3Cannounce.httpd.apache.org%3E","source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re026d3da9d7824bd93b9f871c0fdda978d960c7e62d8c43cba8d0bf3%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E","tags":["Mailing List","Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00006.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SPBR6WUYBJNACHKE65SPL7TJOHX7RHWD/","source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZNCYSR3BXT36FFF4XTCPL3HDQK4VP45R/","source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-38","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210702-0001/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4937","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"security@apache.org"},{"url":"http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/06/10/5","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7f2b70b621651548f4b6f027552f1dd91705d7111bb5d15cda0a68dd%40%3Cdev.httpd.apache.org%3E","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rccb1b8225583a48c6360edc7a93cc97ae8b0215791e455dc607e7602%40%3Cannounce.httpd.apache.org%3E","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re026d3da9d7824bd93b9f871c0fdda978d960c7e62d8c43cba8d0bf3%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E","tags":["Mailing List","Release Notes","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/07/msg00006.html","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SPBR6WUYBJNACHKE65SPL7TJOHX7RHWD/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZNCYSR3BXT36FFF4XTCPL3HDQK4VP45R/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-38","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210702-0001/","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4937","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-35452","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."}