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Critical · 9.8 Public exploit CVE-2002-1816 EUVD-2002-1795GHSA-c46x-vc6v-fpx6

Off-by-one buffer overflow in the sock_gets function in sockhelp.c for ATPhttpd 0.4b and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitra…

Published Jun 28, 2005 · Updated Jan 16, 2025 · Assigned by mitre

Description

Off-by-one buffer overflow in the sock_gets function in sockhelp.c for ATPhttpd 0.4b and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long HTTP GET request.

Public exploits

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Exploit-DB 1

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