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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2017-7679

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.

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1 Nov 2026, 07:33 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2017-7679

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Jun 2017, 01:29 UTC

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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