Description
Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value vulnerability in Apache HTTP Server's mod_http leads to denial of service via malicious HTTP requests. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server: from 2.4.17 through 2.4.67.
Problem types
CWE-789 Memory Allocation with Excessive Size Value
Product status
2.4.17 (semver)
Timeline
| 2026-05-26: | reported |
| 2026-05-27: | fixed upstream in mod_h2 https://github.com/icing/mod_h2/commit/35c6e405390ed361189a82acd96675401ea5947c |
| 2026-06-02: | fixed in 2.4.x by r1934882 |
| 2026-06-08: | 2.4.68 released |
Credits
Quang Luong of Calif.IO in collaboration with OpenAI Codex
References
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/03/3
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2026/06/msg00009.html
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/06/08/16
httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html