The Debut embedded http server contains a remotely exploitable denial of service where a single malformed HTTP POST request can cause the…

Description

The Debut embedded http server contains a remotely exploitable denial of service where a single malformed HTTP POST request can cause the server to hang until eventually replying (~300 seconds) with an HTTP 500 error. While the server is hung, print jobs over the network are blocked and the web interface is inaccessible. An attacker can continuously send this malformed request to keep the device inaccessible to legitimate traffic.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

59.4% · top 0.9% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (4)

• https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/Security-Advisories/Advisories/TWSL2017-017/?fid=10211 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• https://www.trustwave.com/Resources/SpiderLabs-Blog/Denial-of-Service-Vulnerability-in-Brother-Printers/?page=1&year=0&month=0&LangType=1033 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/144908/Debut-Embedded-httpd-1.20-Denial-Of-Service.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 43119 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_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 5 Aug 2024, 20:20 UTC.