PoC Index

CVE-2008-2040

HIGH 7.5EPSS 14.9%

Stack-based buffer overflow in the HTTP::getAuthUserPass function (core/common/http.cpp) in Peercast 0.1218 and gnome-peercast allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a Basic Authentication string with a long (1) username or (2) password.

CVSS v2.0
7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
14.86% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 96th percentile
Published
2008-04-30
Updated
2024-08-07

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