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CVE-2007-3948
connections.c in lighttpd before 1.4.16 might accept more connections than the configured maximum, which allows remote attackers to cause…
- 4.3MediumCVSS base score
- 2.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 13% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
connections.c in lighttpd before 1.4.16 might accept more connections than the configured maximum, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (failed assertion) via a large number of connection attempts.
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 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.9% · top 13% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
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/1873 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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
- DSA-1609 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_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
- GLSA-200708-11 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 31104 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1216 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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
- 38312 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_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-2007-3932 (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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