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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2001-1496

Off-by-one buffer overflow in Basic Authentication in Acme Labs thttpd 1.95 through 2.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 4.84%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.84%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Off-by-one buffer overflow in Basic Authentication in Acme Labs thttpd 1.95 through 2.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
4.84% probability · 91th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-193
Affected
acme/thttpd
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.