CVE-2025-53020 (GCVE-0-2025-53020)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-10 16:59 – Updated: 2025-11-04 21:11
VLAI
Title
Apache HTTP Server: HTTP/2 DoS by Memory Increase
Summary
Late Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server: from 2.4.17 up to 2.4.63. Users are recommended to upgrade to version 2.4.64, which fixes the issue.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • CWE-401 - Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Apache Software Foundation Apache HTTP Server Affected: 2.4.17 , ≤ 2.4.63 (semver)
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Credits
Gal Bar Nahum
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