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CVE-2008-0983
lighttpd 1.4.18, and possibly other versions before 1.5.0, does not properly calculate the size of a file descriptor array, which allows…
Medium5.0EPSS 2.3%
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- mitre
Description
lighttpd 1.4.18, and possibly other versions before 1.5.0, does not properly calculate the size of a file descriptor array, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large number of connections, which triggers an out-of-bounds access.
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)
- 2.3% · top 17% of all CVEs (4 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
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- affected n/a
References (17)
- ADV-2008-0659 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 29268 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29066 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 29622 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2008:008 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- 29209 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2284 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-2262 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- GLSA-200803-10 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 20080228 rPSA-2008-0084-1 lighttpd (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-1609 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 29166 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0084 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-2278 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 27943 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 31104 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1562 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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