CVE-2002-0843 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2002-0843?

CVE-2002-0843 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Apache Http Server, published on 5 Oct 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Buffer overflows in the ApacheBench benchmark support program (ab.c) in Apache before 1.3.27, and Apache 2.x before 2.0.43, allow a malicious web server to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long response.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0843?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Apache Http Server, Oracle Application Server, Oracle Database Server, Oracle Oracle8i.

How do I fix CVE-2002-0843?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2002-0843 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0843 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-v5cr-9693-q9cg.