VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2011-2900
CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability13.26%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2011-08-05
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the (1) put_dir function in mongoose.c in Mongoose 3.0, (2) put_dir function in yasslEWS.c in yaSSL Embedded Web Server (yasslEWS) 0.2, and (3) _shttpd_put_dir function in io_dir.c in Simple HTTPD (shttpd) 1.42 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP PUT request, as exploited in the wild in 2011.
Weakness classification
- CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer