CVE-2004-0786

CVE-2004-0786 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the IPv6 URI parsing routines of the apr-util library, affecting Apache HTTP Server versions 2.0.50 and earlier. A remote attacker can trigger a child process crash by submitting a specially crafted URI. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity with low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to partial availability impact. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the CVE has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness among security researchers.