CVE-2005-3183

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-10-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The HTBoundary_put_block function in HTBound.c for W3C libwww (w3c-libwww) allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted multipart/byteranges MIME message that triggers an out-of-bounds read.

Affected products

w3c Libwww: all versions

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/17119
http://secunia.com/advisories/17122
http://secunia.com/advisories/17489
http://secunia.com/advisories/17814
http://secunia.com/advisories/19193
http://secunia.com/advisories/25098
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:210
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0208.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9444
http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9445
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15035

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