{
    "id": "CVE-2010-0295",
    "published": "2010-02-03 19:30:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:15:52",
    "cvss_score": "5.0",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P",
    "cwe": "CWE-399",
    "description": "lighttpd before 1.4.26, and 1.5.x, allocates a buffer for each read operation that occurs for a request, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by breaking a request into small pieces that are sent at a slow rate.",
    "epss_score": "0.12111",
    "epss_percentile": "0.96017",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-28 18:17:08",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "lighttpd",
            "product": "lighttpd"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "33591",
            "title": "lighttpd 1.4/1.5 - Slow Request Handling Remote Denial of Service",
            "date": "2010-02-02",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/33591"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/cve_2010_0295_vulnerability_in",
        "http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd-1.4.x_fix_slow_request_dos.patch",
        "http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd-1.5_fix_slow_request_dos.patch",
        "http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd_sa_2010_01.txt",
        "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041264.html",
        "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041296.html",
        "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041307.html",
        "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-02/msg00003.html",
        "http://redmine.lighttpd.net/issues/2147",
        "http://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/lighttpd/repository/revisions/2710",
        "http://redmine.lighttpd.net/projects/lighttpd/repository/revisions/2711",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/38403",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/39765",
        "http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201006-17.xml",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1987",
        "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/02/01/8",
        "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/38036",
        "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0172",
        "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/56038",
        "http://blogs.sun.com/security/entry/cve_2010_0295_vulnerability_in",
        "http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd-1.4.x_fix_slow_request_dos.patch",
        "http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd-1.5_fix_slow_request_dos.patch",
        "http://download.lighttpd.net/lighttpd/security/lighttpd_sa_2010_01.txt",
        "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041264.html",
        "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041296.html"
    ]
}