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CVE-2008-2040

CVE-2008-2040 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

Stack-based buffer overflow in the HTTP::getAuthUserPass function (core/common/http.cpp) in Peercast 0.1218 and gnome-peercast allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a Basic Authentication string with a long (1) username or (2) password.

EPSS 33.25% · 97.0th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 2.0
7.5
EPSS Score
33.25%
97.0th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
peercastpeercast0.1218
n/an/an/a

Timeline

  • Apr 29, 2008 PoC Published
  • Apr 30, 2008 CVE Published
  • Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
  • May 20, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Sep 4, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Oct 26, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Feb 9, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Mar 7, 2023 EPSS Score
  • May 25, 2023 EPSS Score
  • Jul 17, 2023 EPSS Score

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