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CVE-2002-1663
The Post_Method function in method.c for Monkey HTTP Daemon before 0.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via…
Medium5.0EPSS 4.0%
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- mitre
Description
The Post_Method function in method.c for Monkey HTTP Daemon before 0.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a POST request with an invalid or missing Content-Length header value.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.0% · top 9.5% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- 20021103 Bug in Monkey Webserver 0.5.0 or minors versions (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 6096 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 7449 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- monkey-http-post-dos(10529) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://monkeyd.sourceforge.net/Changelog.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1005507 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .