CVE-2002-1870

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Simple Web Server (SWS) 0.0.4 through 0.1.0 does not properly handle when the recv function call fails, which may allow remote attackers to overwrite program data or perform actions on an uninitialized heap, leading to a denial of service and possibly code execution.

Affected products

Sws Simple Web Server: 0.0.3, 0.0.4, 0.1.0, 0.1.1

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0047.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10072.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5660
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0047.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10072.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5660

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