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CVE-2012-0021

28
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0021 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the Apache HTTP Server versions 2.2.17 through 2.2.21, specifically within the mod_log_config module when a threaded MPM is in use. A remote attacker can crash the daemon by sending a malformed cookie that lacks both a name and a value, exploiting improper handling of the %{}C format string. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.6, indicating a partial availability impact with high attack complexity and no authentication required. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.2.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:2.2.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:2.2.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:2.2.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2.20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:2.2.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2.21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:2.2.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.6LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
30.81%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.3081 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 1,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.3 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 (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 for RHEL 5Fixed in: httpd-0:2.2.17-15.4.ep5.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 for RHEL 6Fixed in: httpd-0:2.2.17-15.4.ep5.el6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2012-0021Low

httpd: NULL pointer dereference crash in mod_log_config

Nov 28, 2011

References

h20000.www2.hp.com / bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp
httpd.apache.org / security/vulnerabilities_22.html
Vendor Advisory
lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html
marc.info
marc.info
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-0542.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2012-0543.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/48551
issues.apache.org / bugzilla/show_bug.cgi
Patch
lists.apache.org / thread.html/8d63cb8e9100f28a99429b4328e4e7cebce861d5772ac9863ba2ae6f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/f7f95ac1cd9895db2714fa3ebaa0b94d0c6df360f742a40951384a53%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r05b5357d1f6bd106f41541ee7d87aafe3f5ea4dc3e9bde5ce09baff8%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r1d201e3da31a2c8aa870c8314623caef7debd74a13d0f25205e26f15%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r57608dc51b79102f3952ae06f54d5277b649c86d6533dcd6a7d201f7%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r75cbe9ea3e2114e4271bbeca7aff96117b50c1b6eb7c4772b0337c1f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r9b4b963760a3cb5a4a70c902f325c6c0337fe51d5b8570416f8f8729%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r9ea3538f229874c80a10af473856a81fbf5f694cd7f471cc679ba70b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rad01d817195e6cc871cb1d73b207ca326379a20a6e7f30febaf56d24%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rdca61ae990660bacb682295f2a09d34612b7bb5f457577fe17f4d064%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rfbaf647d52c1cb843e726a0933f156366a806cead84fbd430951591b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
support.apple.com / kb/HT5501
svn.apache.org / viewvc
Patch
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2012-392727.html