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CVE-2014-0242

mod_wsgi module before 3.4 for Apache, when used in embedded mode, might allow remote attackers...

7.5 HighPublic exploitFix available

mod_wsgi module before 3.4 for Apache, when used in embedded mode, might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via the Content-Type header which is generated from memory that may have been freed and then overwritten by a separate thread.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None

Exploit likelihood

8.53%Up 0.1 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

mod_wsgi module before 3.4 for Apache, when used in embedded mode, might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via the Content-Type header which is generated from memory that may have been freed and then overwritten by a separate thread.

Record
CVE-2014-0242
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

mod_wsgi module before 3.4 for Apache, when used in embedded mode, might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via the Content-Type header which is generated from memory that may have been freed and then overwritten by a separate thread.

Record
CVE-2014-0242
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2014-0280 No score

mod_wsgi module before 3.4 for Apache, when used in embedded mode, might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via the Content-Type header which is generated from memory that may have been freed and then overwritten by a separate thread.

Record
EUVD-2014-0280
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-jf6g-4gpq-f62c 7.5

mod_wsgi module before 3.4 for Apache, when used in embedded mode, might allow remote attackers...

mod_wsgi module before 3.4 for Apache, when used in embedded mode, might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via the Content-Type header which is generated from memory that may have been freed and then overwritten by a separate thread.

Record
GHSA-jf6g-4gpq-f62c
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-200
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 7.5

mod_wsgi module before 3.4 for Apache, when used in embedded mode, might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via the Content-Type header which is generated from memory that may have been freed and then overwritten by a separate thread.

Record
CVE-2014-0242
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2014-0242 7.5

mod_wsgi module before 3.4 for Apache, when used in embedded mode, might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via the Content-Type header which is generated from memory that may have been freed and then overwritten by a separate thread.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0242
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2014-0242 7.5

mod_wsgi module before 3.4 for Apache, when used in embedded mode, might allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via the Content-Type header which is generated from memory that may have been freed and then overwritten by a separate thread.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0242
CVSS 3.1
7.5 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-RU-2015:0611-1 No score

Recommended update for SUSE Manager Server 2.1

This collective update for SUSE Manager Server 2.1 provides the following new features:

* Connect SUSE Manager to the SUSE Customer Center.
* Manage SLE12 systems.
* ISS: export/import information about cloned channels to support
  Service Pack migration on ISS slaves. (FATE#317789)
* New API calls: system.scheduleSPMigration(),
  system.scheduleDistUpgrade(). (FATE#314785, FATE#314340)

Additionally, several issues have been fixed:

auditlog-keeper:

* Fix value too long for type character varying(2048). (bnc#872351)
* Fix init.d script restart. (bsc#872029)

cobbler:

* Require syslinux-x86_64 on s390x. (bsc#884051)
* Fix fetching of profiles for auto-installation. (bsc#880936)
* Fix port guessing in koan. (bsc#855389)
* Add 'copy-default' option to grubby-compat. (bsc#855389)
* Handle elilo in SUSE. (bsc#855389)
* Fix wrong option 'text' in SUSE environment. (bsc#901058)
* Fix re-installation on SLE with static network configuration.
  (bsc#883487)
* Add RHEL 7 as a valid operating system version.

oracle-config:

* No need to pre-require Apache as its user and group are available in
  the base system.

osad:

* Enable and install osad during first installation. (bsc#901958)

pxe-default-image:

* Add bind-utils (dig) to packagelist. (bsc#889739)
* Wait for gateway to become available before register. (bsc#895001)

rhnlib:

* Ensure bytes strings are sent to pyOpenSSL. (bnc#880388)

rhnpush:

* Add default path structure to proxy lookaside that avoids collisions.

sm-ncc-sync-data:

* Add SUSE Cloud 4 channels. (bnc#883057)
* Add channels for SUSE Manager Server 2.1 s390x.
* Fix parent label of the LTSS channel for SLMS.
* Add ATI and nVidia channels for SLED11-SP3. (bsc#901108)
* Add support for RES7 in SUSE Manager. (bsc#897723, bsc#893608)

smdba:

* Fix 'system check breaks backup and other configuration'.
* Implement rotating PostgreSQL backup. (bsc#896244)
* Space reclamation caused ORA-00942: table or view does not exist.
  (bsc#906850)
* Archival of PosgreSQL transaction log does not recover in case of no
  space left on device. (bsc#915140)

spacecmd:

* Fix listupgrades. (bsc#892707)
* Make print_result a static method of SpacewalkShell. (bsc#889605)
* Call listAutoinstallableChannels() for listing distributions.
  (bsc#887879)
* Fix spacecmd schedule listing. (bsc#902494)
* Fix call of setCustomOptions() during kickstart_importjson.
  (bsc#879904)
* Fix configchannel export: do not create 'contents' key for
  directories. (bsc#908849)

spacewalk-backend:

* Insert update tag at the correct place for SLE12. (bsc#907677)
* Trigger generation of metadata if the repo contains no packages.
  (bsc#870159)
* Convert mtime to localtime to prevent invalid times because of DST.
  (bsc#914437)
* Do not exit with error if a vendor channel has no URL associated.
  (bsc#914260)
* Convert empty string to null for DMI values. (bsc#911272)

spacewalk-branding:

* CVE patches adapted for colour blind users. (bnc#872298)
* Underline in icons is removed. (bnc#880001)
* Fix link to macro documentation. (bsc#895961)
* Fix branding in error message. (bsc#902503)

spacewalk-certs-tools:

* Fix removal of existing host key entries. (bsc#886391)
* Remove duplicates from authorized_keys2 as well. (bsc#885889)
* Do not allow registering a SUSE Manager server against itself.
  (bsc#841731)

spacewalk-client-tools:

* Allow unicode characters in proxy username and password.
* Send correct hostname. (bsc#887538)

spacewalk-config:

* Add recommended Apache settings from the Security Team.

spacewalk-java:

* Fix human dates now() staying unmodified. (bnc#880081)
* Allow for null evr and archs on event history detail. (bnc#880327)
* Disable form autocompletion in some places.…
Record
SUSE-RU-2015:0611-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-2222-1 No score

mod-wsgi vulnerabilities

Róbert Kisteleki discovered mod_wsgi incorrectly checked setuid return values. A malicious application could use this issue to cause a local privilege escalation when using daemon mode. (CVE-2014-0240)

Buck Golemon discovered that mod_wsgi used memory that had been freed. A remote attacker could use this issue to read process memory via the Content-Type response header. This issue only affected Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. (CVE-2014-0242)

Record
USN-2222-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
mod-wsgi
Debian:12
before 3.4-3
3.4-3
mod-wsgi
Debian:13
before 3.4-3
3.4-3
mod-wsgi
Debian:14
before 3.4-3
3.4-3
mod-wsgi
Debian:6.0
before 3.3-2+deb6u1, plus listed versions
3.3-2
3.3-2+deb6u1
mod-wsgi
Debian:7
before 3.3-4+deb7u1, plus listed versions
3.3-4
3.3-4+deb7u1
mod_wsgi
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
before 0:3.2-6.el6_5
0:3.2-6.el6_5
mod_wsgi-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::client
before 0:3.2-6.el6_5
0:3.2-6.el6_5
mod_wsgi
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
before 0:3.2-6.el6_5
0:3.2-6.el6_5
mod_wsgi-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::computenode
before 0:3.2-6.el6_5
0:3.2-6.el6_5
mod_wsgi
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:3.2-6.el6_5
0:3.2-6.el6_5
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
mod_wsgi-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::server
before 0:3.2-6.el6_5
0:3.2-6.el6_5
mod_wsgi
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
before 0:3.2-6.el6_5
0:3.2-6.el6_5
mod_wsgi-debuginfo
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:6::workstation
before 0:3.2-6.el6_5
0:3.2-6.el6_5
mod-wsgi
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
before 3.4-4ubuntu2.1.14.04.1, plus listed versions
3.4-43.4-4build13.4-4ubuntu13.4-4ubuntu2
3.4-4ubuntu2.1.14.04.1

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
Exploit-DBApache mod_wsgi - Information Disclosure2014-05-21

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2014-0242 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Mod Wsgi Wsgi, published May 23, 2014. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 8.53%, the 95th percentile. Fixed in mod-wsgi 3.4-3.

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