Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-44790

CriticalPublic PoC

Published: 20 December 2021

Published
20 December 2021
Modified
01 May 2025
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 9.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.8623 99.4th percentile
Risk Priority 71 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-44790 is a critical-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Apple Mac Os X. Its CVSS base score is 9.8 (Critical).

Operationally, ranked in the top 0.6% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

A carefully crafted request body can cause a buffer overflow in the mod_lua multipart parser (r:parsebody() called from Lua scripts). The Apache httpd team is not aware of an exploit for the vulnerabilty though it might be possible to craft…

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one. This issue affects Apache HTTP Server 2.4.51 and earlier.

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

apache
http server
≤ 2.4.52
fedoraproject
fedora
34, 35, 36
debian
debian linux
10.0, 11.0
tenable
tenable.sc
5.16.0 — 5.20.0
netapp
cloud backup
all versions
oracle
communications element manager
≤ 9.0
oracle
communications operations monitor
4.3, 4.4, 5.0
oracle
communications session report manager
≤ 9.0
oracle
communications session route manager
≤ 9.0
oracle
http server
12.2.1.3.0, 12.2.1.4.0
+4 more product configuration(s) — see NVD for full list

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-787

Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.

References