Description
Off-by-one error in src/http.c in CoreHTTP 0.5.3.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via an HTTP request with a long first line that triggers a buffer overflow. NOTE: this vulnerability reportedly exists because of an incorrect fix for CVE-2007-4060.
Public exploits
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Exploit-DB 1
- CoreHTTP Web server 0.5.3.1 - Off-by-One Buffer Overflow EDB-10349 · dos · Dec 2, 2009 · verified
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