6.4

CVE-2007-3946: lighttpd

CVSS: 6.4v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2007-3946
Published 24-07-2007Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2007-3946 is a medium (CVSS 6.4) vulnerability in lighttpd. EPSS estimates a 3.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.4/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.42%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1

Timeline

  1. 24-07-2007
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

mod_auth (http_auth.c) in lighttpd before 1.4.16 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via unspecified vectors involving (1) a memory leak, (2) use of md5-sess without a cnonce, (3) base64 encoded strings, and (4) trailing whitespace in the Auth-Digest header.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.42%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

89%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.42% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
3.42%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • lighttpd< 1.4.16-1
Lighttpd1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

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