CVE-2008-2040
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 14.9%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in the HTTP::getAuthUserPass function (core/common/http.cpp) in Peercast 0.1218 and gnome-peercast allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a Basic Authentication string with a long (1) username or (2) password.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 14.9% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-2037)
- Published
- April 30, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-2037 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- peercast / peercast
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=478573(Exploit)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=478680(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29962
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30020
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30320
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30325
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31182
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-11.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1582
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1583
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28986
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1409/references
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1410/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42092
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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