01 Record
CVE-2009-3663
Format string vulnerability in the h_readrequest function in http.c in httpdx Web Server 1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via format string
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Format string vulnerability in the h_readrequest function in http.c in httpdx Web Server 1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via format string
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
- 14.63% 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
- 2009-10-11 22:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 06:38Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-10-11
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-134Use of Externally-Controlled Format StringBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- be310657479aa692f9088c4c478eb2fef97f89139a274bec3711496895d7f92e
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- osvdb.org58129http://osvdb.org/58129
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comhttpdx-hostheader-format-string(53205)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53205
- www.exploit-db.com9657http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9657
- secunia.com36734http://secunia.com/advisories/36734
- www.vupen.comADV-2009-2654http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2654
- httpdx.sourceforge.nethttp://httpdx.sourceforge.net/downloads/changelog.log