CVE-2010-3872
Httpd: mod_fcgid: stack-based buffer overflow in fcgid_header_bucket_read() in modules/fcgid/fcgid_bucket.c
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 2.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 14% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
A flaw was found in the mod_fcgid module of httpd. A malformed FastCGI response may result in a stack-based buffer overflow in the modules/fcgid/fcgid_bucket.c file in the fcgid_header_bucket_read() function, resulting in an application crash.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 43 days later
· 43 days later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.8% · top 14% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
mod_fcgid
- unaffected 2.3.6
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
All versions: unaffected
All versions: unaffected
References
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- FEDORA-2010-17474 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-17434 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2010-17472 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2011:0884 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2011:0885 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 69275 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 42288 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 42302 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 42815 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- DSA-2140 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [apache] 20101107 [ANNOUNCE] mod_fcgid 2.3.6 is released (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 44900 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2010-2997 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2010-2998 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0031 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3872 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHBZ#2248172 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- apache-fcgid-bo(63303) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- https://github.com/apache/httpd-mod_fcgid/commit/b1afa70840b4ab4e6fbc12ac8798b2f3ccc336b2 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=49406 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-2010-3850 (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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