CVE-2004-0942

CVE-2004-0942 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Apache webserver versions 2.0.52 and earlier. Remote attackers can exploit this by sending an HTTP GET request with a specially crafted MIME header containing numerous space characters, leading to high CPU consumption on the server. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and potential for partial availability impact. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.