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CVE-2002-1951

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in GoAhead WebServer 2.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long HTTP GET request with a large number of subdirectories.

Affected products

• Goahead Software Goahead Webserver: 2.1

References

• http://freecode.com/projects/embedthis-goahead-webserver/releases/343539
• http://osvdb.org/81099
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9884.php
• http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5MP0C1580W.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5464
• http://freecode.com/projects/embedthis-goahead-webserver/releases/343539
• http://osvdb.org/81099
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9884.php
• http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5MP0C1580W.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5464

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