CVE-2022-28615 (GCVE-0-2022-28615)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-06-08 10:00 – Updated: 2025-12-18 15:26
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Title
Read beyond bounds in ap_strcmp_match()
Summary
Apache HTTP Server 2.4.53 and earlier may crash or disclose information due to a read beyond bounds in ap_strcmp_match() when provided with an extremely large input buffer. While no code distributed with the server can be coerced into such a call, third-party modules or lua scripts that use ap_strcmp_match() may hypothetically be affected.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • CWE-190 - Integer Overflow or Wraparound
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References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server Affected: Apache HTTP Server , ≤ 2.4.53 (custom)
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Credits
The Apache HTTP Server project would like to thank Ronald Crane (Zippenhop LLC) for reporting this issue
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