01 Record
CVE-2008-2040
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 14.86% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2008-04-30 15:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 08:49Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2008-04-30
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 70fc88efe01152a0477bfa9ee0761da5ead7a36a070b3e12ef239d225cf94f85
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200807-11http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-11.xml
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=478680
- secunia.com30020http://secunia.com/advisories/30020
- www.debian.orgDSA-1583http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1583
- secunia.com30325http://secunia.com/advisories/30325
- bugs.debian.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=478573
- secunia.com29962http://secunia.com/advisories/29962
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.compeercast-httpgetauthuserpass-bo(42092)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42092
- www.debian.orgDSA-1582http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1582
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-1410http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1410/references
- secunia.com30320http://secunia.com/advisories/30320
- secunia.com31182http://secunia.com/advisories/31182
- www.vupen.comADV-2008-1409http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1409/references
- www.securityfocus.com28986http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28986