VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2010-0295

CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability12.11%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2010-02-03
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Description

lighttpd before 1.4.26, and 1.5.x, allocates a buffer for each read operation that occurs for a request, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by breaking a request into small pieces that are sent at a slow rate.

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