CVE-2002-1850 — HIGH severity vulnerability (mod_cgi in Apache 2.0.39 and 2.0.40 allows local users and p)
mod_cgi in Apache 2.0.39 and 2.0.40 allows local users and possibly remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang and memory consumption) by causing a CGI script to send a large amount of data to stderr, which results in a read/write deadlock between httpd and the CGI script.
| CVE ID | CVE-2002-1850 |
|---|---|
| Severity | HIGH |
| CVSS score | 7.5 |
| CVSS vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| CWE | CWE-667 |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2002-12-31 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | mod_cgi in Apache 2.0.39 and 2.0.40 allows local users and possibly remote attackers to cause a denial of service (hang and memory consumption) by causing a CGI script to send a large amount of data to stderr, which results in a read/write deadlock between httpd and the CGI script. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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