Is CVE-2002-2429 being actively exploited?

CVE-2002-2429 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2002-2429?

CVE-2002-2429 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2002-2429

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 1.1%EU EUVD

webs.c in GoAhead WebServer before 2.1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via an HTTP POST request that contains a negative integer in the Content-Length header.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-20
EPSS score: 1.1% (66th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2002-2407)
Published: February 6, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2002-2407 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

goahead / goahead webserver
goahead / goahead webserver
goahead / goahead webserver
goahead / goahead webserver
goahead / goahead webserver

References

http://data.goahead.com/Software/Webserver/2.1.8/release.htm#fixed-vulnerability-to-malicious-code-in-webs-c

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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