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CVE-2002-2400 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in the httpdProcessRequest function in LibHT)

Buffer overflow in the httpdProcessRequest function in LibHTTPD 1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long HTTP POST request.

CVE IDCVE-2002-2400
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score10.0
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWECWE-119
StatusModified
Published2002-12-31
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the httpdProcessRequest function in LibHTTPD 1.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long HTTP POST request.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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