VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2008-4298
CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability3.53%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2008-09-27
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Description
Memory leak in the http_request_parse function in request.c in lighttpd before 1.4.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of requests with duplicate request headers.