CVE-2008-4298

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Memory leak in the http_request_parse function in request.c in lighttpd before 1.4.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of requests with duplicate request headers.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-399

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Sep 27, 2008
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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