A carefully crafted If: request header can cause a memory read, or write of a single zero byte, in a pool (heap) memory location beyond the header value sent. This could cause the process to crash.
This issue affects Apache HTTP Server 2.4.54 and earlier.
Severity
CVSS 3.1
7.5 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
3.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 89% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)