Vulnerability

CVE-2004-0809

MEDIUM 5.0

CVE-2004-0809 is a medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS v2 5.0). As of 2026-10-20, 429 hosts in our data show software it affects on an open service in at least 15 countries.

The mod_dav module in Apache 2.0.50 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (child process crash) via a certain sequence of LOCK requests for a location that allows WebDAV authoring access.

Published
2004-09-16
Last modified
2026-06-16
CVSS score
5.0 CVSS v2
CVSS vector (v2)
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Exploit likelihood (EPSS)
17.2% in the next 30 days (top 3% of CVEs)

Exposure in our data

429 hosts

Hosts whose banner shows an affected software version on a service open at their latest check.

Not counted: 21 hosts with this CVE only from an older observation.

Not counted: 275 hosts where the software version is too vague to tell (only a major release).

Not counted: 91 more on distribution builds that may be patched (the distribution may have backported the fix without changing the version).

Not counted: 1 host whose data looks unreliable.

3 more hosts had it earlier (the software version has since changed or the service is gone).

Counted 2026-10-20 04:20 UTC

By country

United States US366
China CN8
Sweden SE6
Indonesia ID5
Canada CA3
Germany DE3
Spain ES3
Finland FI3
Malaysia MY3
South Africa ZA3
Austria AT2
Australia AU2
France FR2
Italy IT2
Japan JP2

Affected software seen

http_server 2.0.46364
http_server 2.0.4730
http_server 2.0.4814
http_server 2.0.498
http_server 2.0.393
http_server 2.0.403
http_server 2.0.433
http_server 2.0.503
http_server 2.0.451