CVE-2007-6454 EXPLOIT
10.0
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 16.8% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the handshakeHTTP function in servhs.cpp in PeerCast 0.1217 and earlier, and SVN 344 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long SOURCE request.
Scoring
| CVSS | 10.0 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 16.8% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-119 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-12-20 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| peercast | peercast |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | PeerCast 0.12 - HandshakeHTTP Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities | 2007-12-17 |
References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/peercasthof-adv.txt
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=457300
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202747
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202747
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202747
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202747
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28120
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28260
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28719
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30325
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3461
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1441
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1583
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200801-22.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485199/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26899
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4246
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39075
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/peercasthof-adv.txt
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=457300
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