CVE-2007-5824
webserver.c in mt-dappd in Firefly Media Server 0.2.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and daemon crash) via a stats method action to /xml-rpc with (1) an empty Authorization header line, which triggers a crash in the ws_decodepassword function; or (2) a header line without a ':' character, which triggers a crash in the ws_getheaders function.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-20
- EPSS score
- 5.6% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-5794)
- Published
- November 5, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-5794 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- firefly / media server
References
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200110
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28269
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30661
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=98211&release_id=548679
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1597
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-18.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483210/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483211/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483215/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26309
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38241
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38242
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4600
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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