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National Vulnerability Database

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NVD

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-36160 Detail

Description

A carefully crafted request uri-path can cause mod_proxy_uwsgi to read above the allocated memory and crash (DoS). This issue affects Apache HTTP Server versions 2.4.30 to 2.4.48 (inclusive).


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html Apache Software Foundation, CVE Release Notes  Vendor Advisory 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2eb200ac1340f69aa22af61ab34780c531d110437910cb9c0ece3b37%40%3Cbugs.httpd.apache.org%3E Apache Software Foundation, CVE Patch 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3925e167d5eb1c75def3750c155d753064e1d34a143028bb32910432%40%3Cusers.httpd.apache.org%3E Apache Software Foundation, CVE Patch 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r61fdbfc26ab170f4e6492ef3bd5197c20b862ce156e9d5a54d4b899c%40%3Cusers.httpd.apache.org%3E Apache Software Foundation, CVE Patch 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r73260f6ba9fb52e43d860905fc90462ba5a814afda2d011f32bbd41c%40%3Cbugs.httpd.apache.org%3E Apache Software Foundation, CVE Patch 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7f2746e916ed370239bc1a1025e5ebbf345f79df9ea0ea39e44acfbb%40%3Cbugs.httpd.apache.org%3E Apache Software Foundation, CVE Patch 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r82838efc5fa6fc4c73986399c9b71573589f78b31846aff5bd9b1697%40%3Cusers.httpd.apache.org%3E Apache Software Foundation, CVE Patch 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r82c077663f9759c7df5a6656f925b3ee4f55fcd33c889ba7cd687029%40%3Cusers.httpd.apache.org%3E Apache Software Foundation, CVE Patch 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r94a61a1517133a19dcf40016e87454ea86e355d06a0cec4c778530f3%40%3Cbugs.httpd.apache.org%3E Apache Software Foundation, CVE Patch 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra1c05a392587bfe34383dffe1213edc425de8d4afc25b7cefab3e781%40%3Cbugs.httpd.apache.org%3E Apache Software Foundation, CVE Patch 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ra87a69d0703d09dc52b86e32b08f8d7327af10acdd5f577a4e82596a%40%3Cbugs.httpd.apache.org%3E Apache Software Foundation, CVE Patch 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb2341c8786d0f9924f5b666e82d8d170b4804f50a523d750551bef1a%40%3Cbugs.httpd.apache.org%3E Apache Software Foundation, CVE Patch 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re4162adc051c1a0a79e7a24093f3776373e8733abaff57253fef341d%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E Apache Software Foundation, CVE Patch 
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ree7519d71415ecdd170ff1889cab552d71758d2ba2904a17ded21a70%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E Apache Software Foundation, CVE Patch 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/09/msg00016.html Apache Software Foundation, CVE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00016.html Apache Software Foundation, CVE Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SPBR6WUYBJNACHKE65SPL7TJOHX7RHWD/ Apache Software Foundation, CVE Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZNCYSR3BXT36FFF4XTCPL3HDQK4VP45R/ Apache Software Foundation, CVE Third Party Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-20 Apache Software Foundation, CVE Third Party Advisory 
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211008-0004/ Apache Software Foundation, CVE Third Party Advisory 
https://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-apache-httpd-2.4.49-VWL69sWQ Apache Software Foundation, CVE Third Party Advisory 
https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4982 Apache Software Foundation, CVE Third Party Advisory 
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html Apache Software Foundation, CVE Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html Apache Software Foundation, CVE Patch  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read cwe source acceptance level NIST   Apache Software Foundation  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2021-36160
NVD Published Date:
09/16/2021
NVD Last Modified:
06/16/2026
Source:
Apache Software Foundation