VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2008-0983
CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability2.31%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-02-26
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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.