CVE-2011-2900
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 13.3%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in the (1) put_dir function in mongoose.c in Mongoose 3.0, (2) put_dir function in yasslEWS.c in yaSSL Embedded Web Server (yasslEWS) 0.2, and (3) _shttpd_put_dir function in io_dir.c in Simple HTTPD (shttpd) 1.42 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP PUT request, as exploited in the wild in 2011.
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
- 13.3% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-2873)
- Published
- August 5, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-2873 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- shttpd / shttpd
- valenok / mongoose
- yassl / yasslews
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065273.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065505.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-September/065537.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45464(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45902
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/8337
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/03/5(Patch)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/03/9(Patch)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48980
- https://code.google.com/p/mongoose/source/detail?r=556f4de91eae4bac40dc5d4ddbd9ec7c424711d0(Patch)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/68991
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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