CVE-2004-2680

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

mod_python (libapache2-mod-python) 3.1.4 and earlier does not properly handle when output filters process more than 16384 bytes, which can cause filter.read to return portions of previously freed memory.

Affected products

Apache Mod Python: through 3.1.4

References

http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/httpd-python-dev/200404.mbox/%3c6DCA8C14-8FFA-11D8-8B4E-000A95B0D772%40pixar.com%3e
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/httpd-python-dev/200404.mbox/%3cCD485B27-8F3E-11D8-934B-000A95B0D772%40pixar.com%3e
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/httpd-python-dev/200404.mbox/%3cEB279100-9000-11D8-8B4E-000A95B0D772%40pixar.com%3e
http://secunia.com/advisories/24418
http://secunia.com/advisories/24424
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/mod_python/trunk/src/filterobject.c?r1=102649&r2=103561&pathrev=103561
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/462185/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22849
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-430-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0846
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14751
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1105

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