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CVE-2002-0653
Off-by-one buffer overflow in the ssl_compat_directive function, as called by the rewrite_command hook for mod_ssl Apache module 2.8.9 and…
High7.8EPSS 1.1%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Off-by-one buffer overflow in the ssl_compat_directive function, as called by the rewrite_command hook for mod_ssl Apache module 2.8.9 and earlier, allows local users to execute arbitrary code as the Apache server user via .htaccess files with long entries.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 9 months later
· 9 months later
Published
- 21 years later
· 21 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 33% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (17)
- RHSA-2002:164 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- apache-modssl-htaccess-bo(9415) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- RHSA-2003:106 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- CLA-2002:504 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2002:048 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- SuSE-SA:2002:028 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:134 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:136 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20020622 Another flaw in Apache? (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULN-DEVx_transferred
- 20020628 TSL-2002-0058 - apache/mod_ssl (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 5084 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20020624 Apache mod_ssl off-by-one vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:135 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:146 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- HPSBTL0207-052 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- DSA-135 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- ESA-20020702-017 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_ENGARDEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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