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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2017-14149

GoAhead 3.4.0 through 3.6.5 has a NULL Pointer Dereference in the websDecodeUrl function in http.c, leading to a crash for a "POST / HTTP/1.1" request.

HIGH 7.5EPSS 5.79%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.79%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

GoAhead 3.4.0 through 3.6.5 has a NULL Pointer Dereference in the websDecodeUrl function in http.c, leading to a crash for a "POST / HTTP/1.1" request.

CVSS 3.0
7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
5.79% probability · 93th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-476
Affected
embedthis/goahead
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%5%10%21 September 2026: 1.04%22 September 2026: 5.79%27 October 2026: 5.79%21 September 202627 October 2026

EPSS moved from 1.0% on 21 September 2026 to 5.8% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.

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