CVE-2020-35452
mod_auth_digest possible stack overflow by one nul byte
Description
Apache HTTP Server versions 2.4.0 to 2.4.46 A specially crafted Digest nonce can cause a stack overflow in mod_auth_digest. There is no report of this overflow being exploitable, nor the Apache HTTP Server team could create one, though some particular compiler and/or compilation option might make it possible, with limited consequences anyway due to the size (a single byte) and the value (zero byte) of the overflow
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Key data
EPSS
- Score
- 0.53191 (53.2% probability)
- Percentile
- 99.0%
- Scores of
- Nov 10, 2026
- Model
- v2026.06.15
Affected products
Apache HTTP Server
- affected: 2.4.46
- affected: 2.4.43
- affected: 2.4.41
- affected: 2.4.39
- affected: 2.4.38
- affected: 2.4.37
- affected: 2.4.35
- affected: 2.4.34
- affected: 2.4.33
- affected: 2.4.29
- affected: 2.4.28
- affected: 2.4.27
- affected: 2.4.26
- affected: 2.4.25
- affected: 2.4.23
- affected: 2.4.20
- affected: 2.4.18
- affected: 2.4.17
- affected: 2.4.16
- affected: 2.4.12
- affected: 2.4.10
- affected: 2.4.9
- affected: 2.4.7
- affected: 2.4.6
- affected: 2.4.4
- and 4 more
References
- httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/re026d3da9d7824bd93b9f871c0fdd…
- [httpd-announce] 20210609 CVE-2020-35452: mod_auth_digest possible stack overflow by one nul byte (lists.apache.org)mailing-list
- [httpd-dev] 20210610 Re: svn commit: r1890598 - in /httpd/site/trunk/content/security/json: CVE-2019-17567.json CVE-2020-13938.json CVE-2020-13950.json CVE-2020-35452.json CVE-2021-26690.json CVE-2021-26691.json CVE-2021-30641.json CVE-2021-31618.json (lists.apache.org)mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20210609 CVE-2020-35452: Apache httpd: mod_auth_digest possible stack overflow by one nul byte (openwall.com)mailing-list
- [debian-lts-announce] 20210709 [SECURITY] [DLA 2706-1] apache2 security update (lists.debian.org)mailing-list
- DSA-4937 (debian.org)vendor-advisory
- GLSA-202107-38 (security.gentoo.org)vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2021-dce7e7738e (lists.fedoraproject.org)vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2021-e3f6dd670d (lists.fedoraproject.org)vendor-advisory
- oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20210702-0001
Timeline
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- Record published
- Record last updated
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