CVE-2013-7039
Stack-based buffer overflow in the MHD_digest_auth_check function in libmicrohttpd before 0.9.32, when MHD_OPTION_CONNECTION_MEMORY_LIMIT is set to a large value, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (3.28%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the MHD_digest_auth_check function in libmicrohttpd before 0.9.32, when MHD_OPTION_CONNECTION_MEMORY_LIMIT is set to a large value, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long URI in an authentication header.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.1 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 3.28% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- gnu/libmicrohttpd
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55903Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201402-01.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/09/11
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64138
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=493450
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1039390
- https://gnunet.org/svn/libmicrohttpd/ChangeLog
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55903Vendor Advisory
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201402-01.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/09/11
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64138
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=493450
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1039390
- https://gnunet.org/svn/libmicrohttpd/ChangeLog
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.