CVE-2007-6454
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 16.8%EU EUVD
Heap-based buffer overflow in the handshakeHTTP function in servhs.cpp in PeerCast 0.1217 and earlier, and SVN 344 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long SOURCE request.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 16.8% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-6420)
- Published
- December 20, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-6420 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- peercast / peercast
- peercast / peercast
- peercast / peercast
- peercast / peercast
References
- http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/peercasthof-adv.txt(Exploit)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=457300
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202747
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28120(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28260
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28719
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30325
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3461
- http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1441
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1583
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200801-22.xml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485199/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26899(Exploit, Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4246
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39075
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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