CVE-2007-3947
request.c in lighttpd 1.4.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by sending an HTTP request with duplicate…
- 5.8MediumCVSS base score
- 8.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
request.c in lighttpd 1.4.15 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) by sending an HTTP request with duplicate headers, as demonstrated by a request containing two Location header lines, which results in a segmentation fault.
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
- Lighttpd 1.4.15 - Multiple Code Execution / Denial of Service / Information Disclosure Vulnerabilities (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 30322remote, windowspublished 16 Apr 2007Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 1 day later
· 1 day later
Published
- 17 years later
· 17 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 | Medium5.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.1% · top 5.2% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
13
- 26158 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/1869 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 38313 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- ADV-2007-2585 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 26130 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20070719 rPSA-2007-0145-1 lighttpd (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 24967 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 26593 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1232 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-1362 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- GLSA-200708-11 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2007:015 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 26505 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-2007-3931 (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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