CVE-2007-0838

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-02-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

FreeProxy before 3.92 Build 1626 allows malicious users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a HOST: header with a hostname and port number that refers to the server itself.

Affected products

Freeproxy: 3.92

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=117086856902907&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=117085666921871&w=2
http://osvdb.org/33116
http://secunia.com/advisories/24064
http://www.handcraftedsoftware.org/index.php?page=3&mode=article&k=60
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/22445
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0514
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/32303
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=117086856902907&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=117085666921871&w=2
http://osvdb.org/33116
http://secunia.com/advisories/24064

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