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CVE-2019-0196 json

A vulnerability was found in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.17 to 2.4.38.

published 7y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-0995

cvss
5.3
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
19.3%
EPSS 19.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability was found in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.17 to 2.4.38. Using fuzzed network input, the http/2 request handling could be made to access freed memory in string comparison when determining the method of a request and thus process the request incorrectly.

Patch / fix

  • apache2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.4.38-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-0196

  • apache2 Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 2.4.29-1ubuntu4.6

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-0196

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  • httpd RHEL 8 2.4.37-30.module+el8.3.0+7001+0766b9e7
  • mod_md RHEL 8 1:2.0.8-8.module+el8.3.0+6814+67d1e611
  • mod_ssl RHEL 8 1:2.4.37-30.module+el8.3.0+7001+0766b9e7
  • mod_ldap RHEL 8 2.4.37-30.module+el8.3.0+7001+0766b9e7
  • mod_http2 RHEL 8 1.15.7-2.module+el8.3.0+7670+8bf57d29
  • httpd-tools RHEL 8 2.4.37-30.module+el8.3.0+7001+0766b9e7
  • mod_session RHEL 8 2.4.37-30.module+el8.3.0+7001+0766b9e7
  • httpd-manual RHEL 8 2.4.37-30.module+el8.3.0+7001+0766b9e7

red hat advisories RHSA-2020:4751RHSA-2019:3932RHSA-2019:3933RHSA-2020:2644

  • apache2 SLES for SAP 12 SP4, SLES for SAP 12 SP3, SLES for SAP 12 SP2 +8 more 2.4.23-29.40.1
  • apache2 SLE Module for Server Applications 15 2.4.33-3.15.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2019:0878-1SUSE-SU-2019:0873-1

  • apache2 openSUSE Leap 15.0 2.4.33-lp150.2.17.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2019:1209-1

  • mod_md AlmaLinux 8 1:2.0.8-8.module_el8.5.0+2609+b30d9eec
  • mod_md AlmaLinux 8 1:2.0.8-8.module_el8.6.0+2872+fe0ff7aa

almalinux advisories ALSA-2020:4751

  • mod_md Rocky Linux 8 1:2.0.8-8.module+el8.5.0+695+1fa8055e
  • mod_md Rocky Linux 8 1:2.0.8-8.module+el8.4.0+553+7a69454b

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2020:4751

  • apache2 Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +16 more 2.4.39-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2019-0196

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  • apache Arch Linux 2.4.39-1

arch linux advisories AVG-946

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2019-0196 updated cvss 5.3

httpd: mod_http2: read-after-free on a string compare

  • Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2 jbcs-httpd24, jbcs-httpd24-runtime
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Software Collections httpd24-httpd, httpd24-mod_md, httpd24-mod_ssl, httpd24-mod_ldap, httpd24-httpd-tools, httpd24-mod_session, +2 more
    affected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) mod_md 2.0.8-8.module+el8.3.0+6814+67d1e611, httpd 2.4.37-30.module+el8.3.0+7001+0766b9e7, mod_ssl 2.4.37-30.module+el8.3.0+7001+0766b9e7, mod_http2 1.15.7-2.module+el8.3.0+7670+8bf57d29, mod_ldap 2.4.37-30.module+el8.3.0+7001+0766b9e7, httpd-tools 2.4.37-30.module+el8.3.0+7001+0766b9e7, +4 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:4751
  • Red Hat JBoss Core Services
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:3935
  • Red Hat JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6 Server jbcs-httpd24-apr 1.6.3-63.jbcs.el6, jbcs-httpd24-brotli 1.0.6-7.jbcs.el6, jbcs-httpd24-curl 7.64.1-14.jbcs.el6, jbcs-httpd24-curl 7.64.1-36.jbcs.el6, jbcs-httpd24-httpd 2.4.37-33.jbcs.el6, jbcs-httpd24-httpd 2.4.37-57.jbcs.el6, +43 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2019:3932
  • Red Hat JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7 Server jbcs-httpd24-apr 1.6.3-63.jbcs.el7, jbcs-httpd24-brotli 1.0.6-7.jbcs.el7, jbcs-httpd24-curl 7.64.1-14.jbcs.el7, jbcs-httpd24-curl 7.64.1-36.jbcs.el7, jbcs-httpd24-httpd 2.4.37-33.jbcs.el7, jbcs-httpd24-httpd 2.4.37-57.jbcs.el7, +44 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2020:2644
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 httpd Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 httpd, mod_ssl, httpd-tools, httpd-manual Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 httpd, mod_ssl, mod_ldap, httpd-tools, mod_session, httpd-manual, +1 more Red Hat Virtualization 4 rhvm-appliance
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

19.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 5.3 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server

Classification

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References

Sources

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