CVE-2007-5824
webserver.c in mt-dappd in Firefly Media Server 0.2.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference…
- 7.1HighCVSS base score
- 5.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 7.0% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
webserver.c in mt-dappd in Firefly Media Server 0.2.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and daemon crash) via a stats method action to /xml-rpc with (1) an empty Authorization header line, which triggers a crash in the ws_decodepassword function; or (2) a header line without a ':' character, which triggers a crash in the ws_getheaders function.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Firefly Media Server 0.2.4 - Remote Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 4600dos, linuxpublished 2 Nov 2007Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 4600 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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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 | High7.1 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.6% · top 7.0% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
13
- firefly-decodepassword-dos(38242) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- DSA-1597 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20071102 [UPH-07-02] Firefly Media Server DoS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 26309 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20071102 Re: [UPH-07-01] Firefly Media Server DoS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- firefly-getheaders-dos(38241) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 28269 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 4600 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 20071102 [UPH-07-01] Firefly Media Server DoS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=98211&release_id=548679 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200110 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 30661 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- GLSA-200712-18 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_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-2007-5794 (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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