MEDIUM
httpd: possible crash on shutdown due to flaw in scoreboard handling
Published Jan 18, 2012
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.80%
Description
scoreboard.c in the Apache HTTP Server 2.2.21 and earlier might allow local users to cause a denial of service (daemon crash during shutdown) or possibly have unspecified other impact by modifying a certain type field within a scoreboard shared memory segment, leading to an invalid call to the free function.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
OR
- ≥ 2.0.0 · < 2.0.65
- ≥ 2.2.0 · < 2.2.22
Configuration 2
OR
- 5.0
- 6.0
- 7.0
Configuration 3
OR
- 11.4
- 10
- 10
Configuration 4
AND
- 1.0.0
Running on/with
OR
- 5.0
- 6.0
Configuration 5
OR
- 2.0
- 6.0
- 6.2
- 6.0
- 6.2
- 6.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
httpd-0:2.2.3-63.el5_8.1
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0323
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
httpd-0:2.2.15-15.el6_2.1
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0128
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 for RHEL 5
httpd-0:2.2.17-15.4.ep5.el5
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0542
Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 for RHEL 6
httpd-0:2.2.17-15.4.ep5.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0542
Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2012:0543
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
httpd
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | httpd-0:2.2.3-63.el5_8.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0323 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | httpd-0:2.2.15-15.el6_2.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0128 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 for RHEL 5 | httpd-0:2.2.17-15.4.ep5.el5 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0542 |
| Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1 for RHEL 6 | httpd-0:2.2.17-15.4.ep5.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0542 |
| Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0 | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2012:0543 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | httpd | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
4.6 MEDIUM NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.80% 0.02799
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02799
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (19 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.80% (0.02799) | 85.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.90% (0.02905) | 85.11th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 7, 2026 | 1.04% (0.01044) | 77.59th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 4, 2025 | 2.05% (0.02051) | 83.18th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Sep 1, 2025 | 0.76% (0.00760) | 72.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Aug 4, 2025 | 2.05% (0.02051) | 83.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Aug 1, 2025 | 0.76% (0.00760) | 72.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jul 30, 2025 | 2.05% (0.02051) | 83.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| May 1, 2025 | 0.95% (0.00952) | 75.25th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.01% (0.02012) | 82.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.48% (0.04478) | 81.46th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.01% (0.02012) | 82.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 8, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 8.21th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.05% (0.00054) | 19.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 12.53% (0.12531) | 95.36th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 3, 2022 | 12.53% (0.12531) | 95.00th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 13.56% (0.13563) | 95.40th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 13.56% (0.13563) | 90.66th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (44)
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- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-0031
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-0031
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner redhat
Published Jan 18, 2012
Updated Aug 6, 2024
Reserved Dec 7, 2011
Link CVE-2012-0031
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a