Critical
Security advisory
In Apache httpd 2.2.x before 2.2.33 and 2.4.x before 2.4.26, mod_mime can read one byte past the end of a buffer when sending a malicious Content-Type response header.
- Products
- Not specified
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- Not specified
- CVEs
- CVE-2017-7679
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 07:33 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In Apache httpd 2.2.x before 2.2.33 and 2.4.x before 2.4.26, mod_mime can read one byte past the end of a buffer when sending a malicious Content-Type response header.
osv:CVE-2017-7679
Complete source record
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