CVE-2017-1000471
EmbedThis GoAhead Webserver version 4.0.0 is vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference in the CGI handler resulting in memory corruption or denial of service.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (8.61%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
EmbedThis GoAhead Webserver version 4.0.0 is vulnerable to a NULL pointer dereference in the CGI handler resulting in memory corruption or denial of service.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 8.61% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- embedthis/goahead
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 1.5% on 21 September 2026 to 8.6% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
References
- https://github.com/embedthis/goahead/commit/5e6be61e42448f503e75e287dc332b1ecbf2a665#diff-7c9c60c790648b06210f57b9e2f53ca7Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/embedthis/goahead/pull/258Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/embedthis/goahead/commit/5e6be61e42448f503e75e287dc332b1ecbf2a665#diff-7c9c60c790648b06210f57b9e2f53ca7Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/embedthis/goahead/pull/258Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.