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CVE-2010-0295: lighttpd Resource Management Errors

Modified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2010-0295DSA-1987-1
Published 03-02-2010Last modified 07-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2010-0295 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in lighttpd. EPSS estimates a 12.11% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5, network access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
12.11%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits2reference, exploit-database

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10402-1

Timeline

  1. 03-02-2010
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

12.11%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

96%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 12.11% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databasedoslinuxVerified

    lighttpd 1.4/1.5 - Slow Request Handling Remote Denial of Service

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Debian1 product
  • lighttpd< 1.4.13-4etch12 | < 1.4.19-5+lenny1 | < 1.4.26-1
Lighttpd1 product
  • lighttpd≤ 1.4.25 | 1.0.2 | 1.0.3 | 1.1.0 | 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 | 1.2.0 | 1.2.1 | 1.2.2 | 1.2.3 | 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 | 1.3.8 | 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 | 1.4.2 | 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 | 1.4.19 | 1.4.20 | 1.4.21 | 1.4.22 | 1.4.23 | 1.4.24 | 1.5.0

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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