Is CVE-2010-0408 being actively exploited?

CVE-2010-0408 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2010-0408?

CVE-2010-0408 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2010-0408

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 20.9%EU EUVD

The ap_proxy_ajp_request function in mod_proxy_ajp.c in mod_proxy_ajp in the Apache HTTP Server 2.2.x before 2.2.15 does not properly handle certain situations in which a client sends no request body, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (backend server outage) via a crafted request, related to use of a 500 error code instead of the appropriate 400 error code.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS score: 20.9% (98th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2010-0439)
Published: March 5, 2010
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2010-0439 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

apache / http server
apache / http server
apache / http server
apache / http server
apache / http server
apache / http server
apache / http server
apache / http server
apache / http server
apache / http server
apache / http server
apache / http server

References

http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_22.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html(Mailing List)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-April/039957.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/040652.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00006.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=127557640302499&w=2(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/39100(URL Repurposed)
http://secunia.com/advisories/39501(URL Repurposed)
http://secunia.com/advisories/39628(URL Repurposed)
http://secunia.com/advisories/39632(URL Repurposed)
http://secunia.com/advisories/39656(URL Repurposed)
http://secunia.com/advisories/40096(URL Repurposed)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435(Broken Link)
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/httpd/httpd/branches/2.2.x/modules/proxy/mod_proxy_ajp.c?r1=917876&r2=917875&pathrev=917876(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=917876(Third Party Advisory)
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PM08939(Third Party Advisory)
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PM12247(Third Party Advisory)
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1PM15829(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2035(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:053(Broken Link)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:150(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2013-1899555.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0168.html(Broken Link)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38491(Broken Link)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0911(Broken Link)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0994(Broken Link)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1001(Broken Link)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1057(Broken Link)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1411(Broken Link)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=569905(Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8d63cb8e9100f28a99429b4328e4e7cebce861d5772ac9863ba2ae6f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/f7f95ac1cd9895db2714fa3ebaa0b94d0c6df360f742a40951384a53%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2295080a257bad27ea68ca0af12fc715577f9e84801eae116a33107e%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r57608dc51b79102f3952ae06f54d5277b649c86d6533dcd6a7d201f7%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r75cbe9ea3e2114e4271bbeca7aff96117b50c1b6eb7c4772b0337c1f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9ea3538f229874c80a10af473856a81fbf5f694cd7f471cc679ba70b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rad2acee3ab838b52c04a0698b1728a9a43467bf365bd481c993c535d%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdca61ae990660bacb682295f2a09d34612b7bb5f457577fe17f4d064%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/reb7c64aeea604bf948467d9d1cab8ff23fa7d002be1964bcc275aae7%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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