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Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CVE-2025-41706

Severity Medium
Score 5.3/10

Summary

The webserver is vulnerable to a denial of service condition. An unauthenticated remote attacker can craft a special GET request with an over-long content-length to trigger the issue without affecting the core functionality.

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  • NETWORK
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  • UNCHANGED
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  • LOW

CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

The program copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published