ALPINE-CVE-2017-9789

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CVE-2017-9789
Published: 13 Jul 2017, 16:29
Last modified:19 Nov 2025, 06:11

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
30/100
CVSS Score
7.5 HIGH
3.0 (osv_alpine)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

13 Jul 2017, 16:29
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
19 Nov 2025, 06:11
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

When under stress, closing many connections, the HTTP/2 handling code in Apache httpd 2.4.26 would sometimes access memory after it has been freed, resulting in potentially erratic behaviour.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 7.5CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Systems

  • alpine•apache2

    < 2.4.27-r0 | < 2.4.27-r0 | < 2.4.27-r0 | < 2.4.27-r0

References (1)