CVE-2009-4413
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 8.7%EU EUVD
The httpClientDiscardBody function in client.c in Polipo 0.9.8, 0.9.12, 1.0.4, and possibly other versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a request with a large Content-Length value, which triggers an integer overflow, a signed-to-unsigned conversion error with a negative value, and a segmentation fault.
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-189
- EPSS score
- 8.7% (95th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-4380)
- Published
- December 24, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-4380 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- pps.jussieu / polipo
- pps.jussieu / polipo
- pps.jussieu / polipo
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=560779
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37607(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38647
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2002
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/10338
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/12/12/4
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37463
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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