VDB
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
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| peercast | peercast | 0.1218 |
| n/a | n/a | n/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
References
- GLSA-200807-11 vendor-advisory
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=478680 url
- 30020 third-party-advisory
- DSA-1583 vendor-advisory
- 30325 third-party-advisory
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=478573 url
- 29962 third-party-advisory
- peercast-httpgetauthuserpass-bo(42092) vdb
- DSA-1582 vendor-advisory
- ADV-2008-1410 vdb
- 30320 third-party-advisory
- 31182 third-party-advisory
- ADV-2008-1409 vdb
- 28986 vdb
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2040 advisory