Off-by-one buffer overflow in the sock_gets function in sockhelp.c for ATPhttpd 0.4b and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitra…

Published 23 y ago 2002-12-31 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-16 · JSON

CVSS

9.8

v3.1 · CNA

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

9.0%

percentile 95%

Public exploits

Exploit-DB

Off-by-one buffer overflow in the sock_gets function in sockhelp.c for ATPhttpd 0.4b and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long HTTP GET request.

CISA SSVC assessment

Exploitation: none
Automatable: yes
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago 2024-02-16

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

8.95% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

EDB-21936 ATP HTTPd 0.4 - Single Byte Buffer Overflow · remote · 2002-10-05

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
CISA ADP	3.1	9.8	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	3.1	9.8	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
CNA	3.1	9.8	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	7.5	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`

Classification

Weakness

CWE-193 Off-by-one Error

References

securityfocus.com /bid/5956 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
secunia.com /advisories/7293 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
archives.neohapsis.com /archives/bugtraq/2002-10/0187.html · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
iss.net /security_center/static/10362.php · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2002-1816
NVD: CVE-2002-1816

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Summary