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Case File

CVE-2016-2146

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 3.40% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2016-04-15 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2016-2146
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.40%

Original NVD Description

The am_read_post_data function in mod_auth_mellon before 0.11.1 does not limit the amount of data read, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (worker process crash, web server deadlock, or memory consumption) via a large amount of POST data.