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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.0

CVE-2004-2680 json

mod_python (libapache2-mod-python) 3.1.4 and earlier does not properly handle when output filters process more than 16384 bytes, which can…

published 2004-12-31 21 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2004-2670

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.4%
EPSS 4.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 91%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

mod_python (libapache2-mod-python) 3.1.4 and earlier does not properly handle when output filters process more than 16384 bytes, which can cause filter.read to return portions of previously freed memory.

Patch / fix

  • libapache2-mod-python Debian 14, Debian 12 3.2.8-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2004-2680

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2004-2680 updated

mod_python arbitrary data disclosure flaw

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 mod_python
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 mod_python
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

4.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.