7.5

CVE-2016-2146: fedoraproject fedora

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-2146DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2146
Published 15-04-2016Last modified 05-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-2146 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 3.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

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?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.40%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 15-04-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The am_read_post_data function in mod_auth_mellon before 0.11.1 does not limit the amount of data read, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (worker process crash, web server deadlock, or memory consumption) via a large amount of POST data.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.40%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

89%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 3.40% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

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
Ubuntu1 product
  • libapache2-mod-auth-mellon< 0.12.0-1
Uninett1 product

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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