VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2018-15505
CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability2.23%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2018-08-18
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
An issue was discovered in Embedthis GoAhead before 4.0.1 and Appweb before 7.0.2. An HTTP POST request with a specially crafted "Host" header field may cause a NULL pointer dereference and thus cause a denial of service, as demonstrated by the lack of a trailing ']' character in an IPv6 address.
Weakness classification
- CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Patch, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link, Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link, Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Not Applicable
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Broken Link, Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Broken Link, Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Not Applicable