CVE-2004-0786

The IPv6 URI parsing routines in the apr-util library for Apache 2.0.50 and earlier allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (child process crash) via a certain URI, as demonstrated using the Codenomicon HTTP Test Tool.

Published: 2004-10-20 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2004-0786 is rated Moderate Risk (59.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 48.36%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +37.15% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2004-0786

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-04 11.21% 48.36% +37.15%
2 2026-03-01 48.36% 11.21% -37.15%
3 2026-02-04 48.36%

Full EPSS history (43 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2004-0786

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2004-0786

OS Trackers for CVE-2004-0786

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2004-0786 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (apache2), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2004-0786
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2004-0786
ubuntu medium CVE-2004-0786 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (apache2), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2004-0786

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2004-0786

  • Apache (2008-07-02T00:00:00)

    Fixed in Apache HTTP Server 2.0.51: http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_20.html

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2004-0786

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache http_server >= 2.0.35, < 2.0.51 cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2004-0786

URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/12540 Not Applicable
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200409-21.xml Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA-2004:096 Broken Link
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_32_apache2.html Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-463.html Patch Third Party Advisory
http://www.trustix.org/errata/2004/0047/ Broken Link
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17382 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/54a42d4b01968df1117cea77fc53d6beb931c0e05936ad02af93e9ac%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5df9bfb86a3b054bb985a45ff9250b0332c9ecc181eec232489e7f79%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0276683d8e1e07153fc8642618830ac0ade85b9ae0dc7b07f63bb8fc%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2cb985de917e7da0848c440535f65a247754db8b2154a10089e4247b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5001ecf3d6b2bdd0b732e527654248abb264f08390045d30709a92f6%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r734a07156abf332d5ab27fb91d9d962cacfef4f3681e44056f064fa8%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8828e649175df56f1f9e3919938ac7826128525426e2748f0ab62feb%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9e8622254184645bc963a1d47c5d47f6d5a36d6f080d8d2c43b2b142%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd65d8ba68ba17e7deedafbf5bb4899f2ae4dad781d21b931c2941ac3%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re895fc1736d25c8cf57e102c871613b8aeec9ea26fd8a44e7942b5ab%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11380 Third Party Advisory
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