Is CVE-2013-2765 being actively exploited?

CVE-2013-2765 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-2765?

CVE-2013-2765 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2013-2765

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 13.7%EU EUVD

The ModSecurity module before 2.7.4 for the Apache HTTP Server allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference, process crash, and disk consumption) via a POST request with a large body and a crafted Content-Type header.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-476
EPSS score: 13.7% (97th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2013-2704)
Published: July 15, 2013
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-2704 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

apache / http server
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
trustwave / modsecurity

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-05/0125.html(Broken Link)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00020.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00025.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-08/msg00031.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=30900019(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.modsecurity.org/(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.shookalabs.com/(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=967615(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/commit/0840b13612a0b7ef1ce7441cf811dcfc6b463fba(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://github.com/shookalabs/exploits/blob/master/modsecurity_cve_2013_2765_check.py(Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
https://raw.github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/master/CHANGES(Broken Link)

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

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