CVE-2007-5893

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2007-5893 · Published 08/11/2007 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2007-5893 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting c++ sockets library (alhem).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.2%, higher than 82.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
c++ sockets library alhem	`= 2.2.4`	No fix yet

Description

HTTPSocket.cpp in the C++ Sockets Library before 2.2.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an HTTP request with a missing protocol version number, which triggers an exception. NOTE: some of these details were obtained from third party information.

References

osvdb.org/42105
secunia.com/advisories/27535 · Patch
alhem.net/Sockets/Changelog
securityfocus.com/bid/26361
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38309

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