CVE-2016-2145: fedoraproject fedora Improper Input Validation
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-2145 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 3.06% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.6% of scored vulnerabilities.
Severe, CVSS 7.5 (NVD); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 3% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Timeline
- 15-04-2016PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The am_read_post_data function in mod_auth_mellon before 0.11.1 does not check if the ap_get_client_block function returns an error, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and process crash) via a crafted POST data.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
3.06%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
88%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 3.06% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- libapache2-mod-auth-mellon< 0.12.0-1
Fedoraproject1 product
- fedoraEOL23
Ubuntu1 product
- libapache2-mod-auth-mellon< 0.12.0-1
Uninett1 product
- mod_auth_mellon≤ 0.11.0
4 vendors · 4 products
References
6 links- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179085.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORA
