CVE-2021-41524
HIGH7.5EPSS 4.0%null pointer dereference in h2 fuzzing
Published: 10/5/2021Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
While fuzzing the 2.4.49 httpd, a new null pointer dereference was detected during HTTP/2 request processing, allowing an external source to DoS the server. This requires a specially crafted request. The vulnerability was recently introduced in version 2.4.49. No exploit is known to the project.
Affected packages (3)
- Alpine/apache2from 0, < 2.4.50-r0
- Bitnami/apache>= 2.4.49, < 2.4.50
- Debian/apache2from 0, < 2.4.50-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
References (11)
- ADVISORYhttps://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-41524
- ADVISORYhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-41524
- WEBhttps://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html
- WEBhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DSM6UWQICBJ2TU727RENU3HBKEAFLT6T/
- WEBhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EUVJVRJRBW5QVX4OY3NOHZDQ3B3YOTSG/
- WEBhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-41524
- WEBhttps://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-20
- WEBhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20211029-0009/
- WEBhttps://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityAdvisory/cisco-sa-apache-httpd-pathtrv-LAzg68cZ
- WEBhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- WEBhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/05/1