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CVE-2014-3523

httpd: WinNT MPM denial of service

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.5

CVSS 3.0

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Published · July 15, 2014

Updated · September 21, 2026

Description

Memory leak in the winnt_accept function in server/mpm/winnt/child.c in the WinNT MPM in the Apache HTTP Server 2.4.x before 2.4.10 on Windows, when the default AcceptFilter is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted requests.

Statement

Not affected. This issue did not affect the versions of httpd as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7, Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1 and 2, and Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 and 6. This flaw only affects httpd running on Microsoft Windows. Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1 and 2, and Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5 and 6 can be run on Microsoft Windows. However, these products provide httpd 2.2, which is not affected by this flaw.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS 2.0 · 5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE not specified