CVE-2008-0983
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 2.3%EU EUVD
lighttpd 1.4.18, and possibly other versions before 1.5.0, does not properly calculate the size of a file descriptor array, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large number of connections, which triggers an out-of-bounds access.
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-399
- EPSS score
- 2.3% (83th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-0990)
- Published
- February 26, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-0990 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- lighttpd / lighttpd
- lighttpd / lighttpd
- lighttpd / lighttpd
- lighttpd / lighttpd
- lighttpd / lighttpd
- lighttpd / lighttpd
- lighttpd / lighttpd
- lighttpd / lighttpd
- lighttpd / lighttpd
- lighttpd / lighttpd
- lighttpd / lighttpd
- lighttpd / lighttpd
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29066(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29166
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29209
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29268
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29622
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31104
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-10.xml
- http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1562(Patch)
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0084
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1609
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488926/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27943(Patch)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0659/references
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2284
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00162.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00180.html
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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