Monkey HTTP Server before 1.5.3, when the File Descriptor Table (FDT) is enabled and custom error messages are set, allows remote…

Description

Monkey HTTP Server before 1.5.3, when the File Descriptor Table (FDT) is enabled and custom error messages are set, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption) via an HTTP request that triggers an error message.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

2.5% · top 16% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-20 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-20 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (7)

• monkey-webserver-dos(95336) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 69279 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 60783 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://monkey-project.com/Announcements/v1.5.3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://github.com/monkey/monkey/commit/b2d0e6f92310bb14a15aa2f8e96e1fb5379776dd (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20140818 CVE request / advisory: Monkey web server <= v1.5.2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20140819 Re: CVE request / advisory: Monkey web server <= v1.5.2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_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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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 11:41 UTC.