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CVE-2009-0023

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-0023 describes a heap-based buffer underflow vulnerability in the apr_strmatch_precompile function within Apache APR-util versions prior to 1.3.5. This flaw can be triggered by remote attackers through crafted input, such as a malicious .htaccess file or specific configurations in mod_dav_svn or mod_apreq2, leading to a denial of service (daemon crash) in affected Apache HTTP Server installations or applications using libapreq2. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and potential for partial availability impact, with no confidentiality or integrity impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:apr-util:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:apr-util:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:apr-util:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:apr-util:0.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.9.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:apr-util:0.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.53%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0853 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (26)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: JBEWS 1.0 for RHEL 4Fixed in: httpd22-0:2.2.10-23.1.ep5.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: ant-0:1.6.5-1jpp_1rh
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: avalon-logkit-0:1.2-2jpp_4rh
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: axis-0:1.2.1-1jpp_3rh
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: classpathx-jaf-0:1.0-2jpp_6rh
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: classpathx-mail-0:1.1.1-2jpp_8rh
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: geronimo-specs-0:1.0-0.M4.1jpp_10rh
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: jakarta-commons-modeler-0:2.0-3jpp_2rh
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: log4j-0:1.2.12-1jpp_1rh
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: mx4j-1:3.0.1-1jpp_4rh
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: pcsc-lite-0:1.3.3-3.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: rhpki-ca-0:7.3.0-20.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: rhpki-java-tools-0:7.3.0-10.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: rhpki-kra-0:7.3.0-14.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: rhpki-manage-0:7.3.0-19.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: rhpki-native-tools-0:7.3.0-6.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: rhpki-ocsp-0:7.3.0-13.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: rhpki-tks-0:7.3.0-13.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: tomcat5-0:5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.16
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: xerces-j2-0:2.7.1-1jpp_1rh
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Certificate System 7.3Fixed in: xml-commons-0:1.3.02-2jpp_1rh
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: httpd-0:2.0.46-73.ent
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: apr-util-0:0.9.4-22.el4_8.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: apr-util-0:1.2.7-7.el5_3.1
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-0023Moderate

apr-util heap buffer underwrite

Jun 3, 2009

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2009/Nov/msg00000.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
marc.info
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/34724
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35284
Third Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35360
Third Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35395
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35444
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35487
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35565
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35710
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35797
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/35843
Third Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/37221
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200907-03.xml
Third Party Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/50964
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
slackware.com / security/viewer.php
Third Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/8d63cb8e9100f28a99429b4328e4e7cebce861d5772ac9863ba2ae6f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
Third Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/f7f95ac1cd9895db2714fa3ebaa0b94d0c6df360f742a40951384a53%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
Third Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r57608dc51b79102f3952ae06f54d5277b649c86d6533dcd6a7d201f7%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
Third Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r75cbe9ea3e2114e4271bbeca7aff96117b50c1b6eb7c4772b0337c1f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
Third Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r7dd6be4dc38148704f2edafb44a8712abaa3a2be120d6c3314d55919%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
Third Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r84d043c2115176958562133d96d851495d712aa49da155d81f6733be%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
Third Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r8c9983f1172a3415f915ddb7e14de632d2d0c326eb1285755a024165%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
Third Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r9ea3538f229874c80a10af473856a81fbf5f694cd7f471cc679ba70b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
Third Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
Third Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rad01d817195e6cc871cb1d73b207ca326379a20a6e7f30febaf56d24%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
Third Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rc4c53a0d57b2771ecd4b965010580db355e38137c8711311ee1073a8%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
Third Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rdca61ae990660bacb682295f2a09d34612b7bb5f457577fe17f4d064%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
Third Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
Third Party Advisory
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rfbaf647d52c1cb843e726a0933f156366a806cead84fbd430951591b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
Third Party Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10968
Third Party Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12321
Third Party Advisory
support.apple.com / kb/HT3937
Third Party Advisory
svn.apache.org / viewvc
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg01173.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg01201.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-June/msg01228.html
Third Party Advisory
wiki.rpath.com / Advisories:rPSA-2009-0144
Third Party Advisory
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Third Party Advisory
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Third Party Advisory
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Third Party Advisory
www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
Third Party Advisory
apache.org / dist/apr/CHANGES-APR-UTIL-1.3
Third Party Advisory
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1812
PatchThird Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Third Party Advisory
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2013-1899555.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-1107.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-1108.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / archive/1/507855/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/35221
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-786-1
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-787-1
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1907
Third Party Advisory
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/3184
Third Party Advisory