CVE-2007-6454

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 16.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2007-12-20 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the handshakeHTTP function in servhs.cpp in PeerCast 0.1217 and earlier, and SVN 344 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long SOURCE request.

Affected products

Peercast: through 0.1217; through svn_344; 0.1211, 0.1212, 0.1215

References

http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/peercasthof-adv.txt
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=457300
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202747
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202747
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202747
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202747
http://secunia.com/advisories/28120
http://secunia.com/advisories/28260
http://secunia.com/advisories/28719
http://secunia.com/advisories/30325
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3461
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1441

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