UpHeron
All vulnerabilities

Servers and applications

CVE-2002-1593

mod_dav in Apache before 2.0.42 does not properly handle versioning hooks, which may allow remote attackers to kill a child process via a null dereference and cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) in a preforked multi-processing module.

Severity
Medium 5.0
Published
25 Sept 2002
Last changed
16 Jun 2026
Added to UpHeron
17 Oct 2026
Exploit chance
7% in the next 30 daysHigher than 94% of CVEs. EPSS by FIRST, 12 Nov 2026
Attack
Over the network · No login needed
Attacker can
Slow it down
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Sources
NVD

Affected software

SoftwareAffected versions
Apache HTTP ServerServers and applications · cpe:a:apache:http_server
  • Version 2.0.41
  • Version 2.0.40
  • Version 2.0.39
  • Version 2.0.38
All 10 release lines
  • Version 2.0
  • Version 2.0.28
  • Version 2.0.32
  • Version 2.0.35
  • Version 2.0.36
  • Version 2.0.37
  • Version 2.0.38
  • Version 2.0.39
  • Version 2.0.40
  • Version 2.0.41

References

  • NVD https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-1593
  • CVE.org https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-1593