VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2008-0633

Buffer overflow in Anon Proxy Server 0.102 and earlier, when user authentication is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (exception) via a user name with a large number of quotes, which triggers the overflow during escaping.

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 6.0EPSS 1.93%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 1.9%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

CVSS 2.0: 6.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS: 1.93% probability · 80th percentile
Public exploits: 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 4 February 2008
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-119
Affected: anon proxy server/anon proxy server
Source: cve@mitre.org

EPSS trend

EPSS 1.9% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-ID	Title	Type	Published	Verified
EDB-31100 source ↗	Anon Proxy Server 0.100/0.102 - Remote Authentication Buffer Overflowmultiple · L4teral	dos	4 February 2008	yes

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.