CVE-2013-7039
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.1EPSS 3.3%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in the MHD_digest_auth_check function in libmicrohttpd before 0.9.32, when MHD_OPTION_CONNECTION_MEMORY_LIMIT is set to a large value, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long URI in an authentication header.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.1 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 3.3% (88th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-6839)
- Published
- December 13, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-6839 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnu / libmicrohttpd
- gnu / libmicrohttpd
- gnu / libmicrohttpd
- gnu / libmicrohttpd
- gnu / libmicrohttpd
- gnu / libmicrohttpd
- gnu / libmicrohttpd
- gnu / libmicrohttpd
- gnu / libmicrohttpd
- gnu / libmicrohttpd
- gnu / libmicrohttpd
- gnu / libmicrohttpd
- gnu / libmicrohttpd
- gnu / libmicrohttpd
- gnu / libmicrohttpd
- gnu / libmicrohttpd
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55903(Vendor Advisory)
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201402-01.xml
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/09/11
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64138
- https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=493450
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1039390
- https://gnunet.org/svn/libmicrohttpd/ChangeLog
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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