CVE-2004-1765

HIGH 7.5CVE-2004-1765 · Published 31/12/2004 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2004-1765 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting mod security (mod security).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.7%, higher than 91.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
mod security mod_security	`= 1.7.4`	No fix yet

Description

Off-by-one buffer overflow in ModSecurity (mod_security) 1.7.4 for Apache 2.x, when SecFilterScanPost is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted POST requests.

References

marc.info
secunia.com/advisories/11138 · Patch
kb.cert.org/vuls/id/779438 · Third Party Advisory
modsecurity.org
s-quadra.com/advisories/Adv-20040315.txt
securityfocus.com/bid/9885 · Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15489

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