THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-4298
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2008-4298

Lighttpd vulnerability

CVSS
5.0
EPSS
3.4%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
Memory leak in the http_request_parse function in request.c in lighttpd before 1.4.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of requests with duplicate request headers.
Affected vendor
Lighttpd
Affected product
Lighttpd
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2008-09-27

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-4298

  • Confirm whether Lighttpd Lighttpd is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-4298.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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