CVE-2008-7014

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2008-7014 · Published 19/08/2009 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-7014 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting fhttpd (fhttpd).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.6%, higher than 85.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
fhttpd fhttpd	`= 0.4.2`	No fix yet

Description

fhttpd 0.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an Authorization HTTP header with an invalid character after the Basic value.

References

securityfocus.com/bid/31265 · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45278
exploit-db.com/exploits/6493

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