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Read beyond bounds in ap_strcmp_match()

Type: advisorySources: OSV

Apache HTTP Server 2.4.53 and earlier may crash or disclose information due to a read beyond bounds in ap_strcmp_match() when provided with an extremely large input buffer. While no code distributed with the server can be coerced into such a call, third-party modules or lua scripts that use ap_strcmp_match() may hypothetically be affected.

Products
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Affected versions
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Fixed versions
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CVEs
CVE-2022-28615
Confirmed fixed CVEs
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Updated in this feed
4 Nov 2026, 08:35 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

Read beyond bounds in ap_strcmp_match()

core-osv · Original source

Published 8 Jun 2022, 10:00 UTC

Apache HTTP Server 2.4.53 and earlier may crash or disclose information due to a read beyond bounds in ap_strcmp_match() when provided with an extremely large input buffer. While no code distributed with the server can be coerced into such a call, third-party modules or lua scripts that use ap_strcmp_match() may hypothetically be affected.

osv:CVE-2022-28615
Complete source record
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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-28615",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "Read beyond bounds in ap_strcmp_match()",
    "summary": "Apache HTTP Server 2.4.53 and earlier may crash or disclose information due to a read beyond bounds in ap_strcmp_match() when provided with an extremely large input buffer. While no code distributed with the server can be coerced into such a call, third-party modules or lua scripts that use ap_strcmp_match() may hypothetically be affected.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2022-28615",
    "products": [],
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-28T02:30:33.960364102Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
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        "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/28xxx/CVE-2022-28615.json",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7QUGG2QZWHTITMABFLVXA4DNYUOTPWYQ/",
        "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YPY2BLEVJWFH34AX77ZJPLD2OOBYR6ND/",
        "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-28615",
        "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202208-20",
        "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20220624-0005/"
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  "document_id": 501167,
  "published_at": "2022-06-08T10:00:51+00:00"
}