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CVE-2004-2680
mod_python (libapache2-mod-python) 3.1.4 and earlier does not properly handle when output filters process more than 16384 bytes, which can…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 4.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
mod_python (libapache2-mod-python) 3.1.4 and earlier does not properly handle when output filters process more than 16384 bytes, which can cause filter.read to return portions of previously freed memory.
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Published
- 17 years later
· 17 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 | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.4% · top 8.6% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
13
- 24424 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- USN-430-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- [httpd-python-dev] 20040416 patch for filterobject.c (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 20070307 rPSA-2007-0051-1 mod_python (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- [httpd-python-dev] 20040416 Re: possible bug in filter.write() (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- ADV-2007-0846 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- [httpd-python-dev] 20040416 possible bug in filter.write() (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/89308 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/mod_python/trunk/src/filterobject.c?r1=102649&r2=103561&pathrev=103561 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1105 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 24418 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 22849 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- modpython-outputfilter-info-disclosure(14751) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2004-2670 (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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