CVE-2021-31618
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2021-06-15 00:00
Modified
2024-08-03 23:03
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
NULL pointer dereference on specially crafted HTTP/2 request
References
Impacted products
| ▼ | Vendor | Product |
|---|---|---|
| Apache Software Foundation | Apache HTTP Server |
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