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CVE-2008-4298: lighttpd Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2008-4298
Published 27-09-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-4298 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in lighttpd. EPSS estimates a 3.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.53%
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
DSA-1645-1

Timeline

  1. 27-09-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Memory leak in the http_request_parse function in request.c in lighttpd before 1.4.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of requests with duplicate request headers.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.53%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

89%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.53% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
3.53%

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

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • lighttpd< 1.4.19-5
Lighttpd1 product
  • lighttpd≤ 1.4.19 | 1.1.1 | 1.1.2 | 1.1.3 | 1.1.4 | 1.1.5 | 1.1.6 | 1.1.7 | 1.1.8 | 1.1.9 | 1.2.1 | 1.2.2 | 1.2.3 | 1.2.4 | 1.2.5 | 1.2.6 | 1.2.7 | 1.2.8 | 1.3.0 | 1.3.1 | 1.3.2 | 1.3.3 | 1.3.4 | 1.3.5 | 1.3.6 | 1.3.7 | 1.3.8 | 1.3.9 | 1.3.10 | 1.3.11 | 1.3.12 | 1.3.13 | 1.3.14 | 1.3.15 | 1.3.16 | 1.4.0 | 1.4.1 | 1.4.2 | 1.4.3 | 1.4.4 | 1.4.5 | 1.4.6 | 1.4.7 | 1.4.8 | 1.4.9 | 1.4.10 | 1.4.11 | 1.4.12 | 1.4.13 | 1.4.14 | 1.4.15 | 1.4.16 | 1.4.17 | 1.4.18

2 vendors · 2 products

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