CVE-2002-1663
The Post_Method function in method.c for Monkey HTTP Daemon before 0.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 4.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.4% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The Post_Method function in method.c for Monkey HTTP Daemon before 0.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a POST request with an invalid or missing Content-Length header value.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Monkey HTTP Server 0.4/0.5 - Invalid POST Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 21981dos, windowspublished 2 Nov 2002Verified
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Timeline
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Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.0% · top 9.4% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- 20021103 Bug in Monkey Webserver 0.5.0 or minors versions (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 6096 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 7449 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- monkey-http-post-dos(10529) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://monkeyd.sourceforge.net/Changelog.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1005507 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2002-1644 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2002-1663)Record last updated .