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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2016-8612

Apache HTTP Server mod_cluster before version httpd 2.4.23 is vulnerable to an Improper Input Validation in the protocol parsing logic in the load balancer resulting in a Segmentation Fault in the serving httpd process.

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1 Nov 2026, 05:35 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2016-8612

core-osv · Original source

Published 9 Mar 2018, 20:29 UTC

Apache HTTP Server mod_cluster before version httpd 2.4.23 is vulnerable to an Improper Input Validation in the protocol parsing logic in the load balancer resulting in a Segmentation Fault in the serving httpd process.

osv:CVE-2016-8612
Complete source record
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  "method": "structured",
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      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:30.699083200Z",
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      "references": [
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0193",
        "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0194",
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180601-0005/",
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