CVE-2017-1000470

Goahead Web Server vulnerability

CVSS

7.5

EPSS

7.9%

EPSS pct

94th

Exploited

No known

EmbedThis GoAhead Webserver versions 4.0.0 and earlier is vulnerable to an integer overflow in the HTTP listener resulting in denial of service.

Affected vendor

Embedthis

Affected product

Goahead Web Server

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Published

2018-01-03

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 7.9% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-1000470

Confirm whether Embedthis Goahead Web Server is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-1000470.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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