Memory disclosure or crash via integer-wrapped indexes
Published Jun 8, 2022 · Updated Dec 18, 2025
Out-of-bounds read in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.53 and earlier allows attackers to crash processes or disclose memory via oversized input. The ap_strcmp_match() routine stores buffer indexes in signed int variables, so input longer than INT_MAX wraps an index and drives reads past the buffer. Reachability requires a third-party module or Lua script that passes such an input; bundled server code exposes no such call path.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds read in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.53 and earlier allows attackers to crash processes or disclose memory via oversized input. The ap_strcmp_match() routine stores buffer indexes in signed int variables, so input longer than INT_MAX wraps an index and drives reads past the buffer. Reachability requires a third-party module or Lua script that passes such an input; bundled server code exposes no such call path.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-28615
- Published
- Jun 8, 2022
- Updated
- Dec 18, 2025
- Vendor
- The Apache Software Foundation
- Product
- Apache HTTP Server
- Classifications
- CWE-190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
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- Jun 8, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Dec 18, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=Apache HTTP Server <=2.4.53
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