CVE-2007-5893

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-11-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

HTTPSocket.cpp in the C++ Sockets Library before 2.2.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an HTTP request with a missing protocol version number, which triggers an exception. NOTE: some of these details were obtained from third party information.

Affected products

Alhem C++ Sockets Library: 2.2.4

References

http://osvdb.org/42105
http://secunia.com/advisories/27535
http://www.alhem.net/Sockets/Changelog
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26361
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38309
http://osvdb.org/42105
http://secunia.com/advisories/27535
http://www.alhem.net/Sockets/Changelog
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26361
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38309

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