CVE-2008-2040

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 14.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-04-30 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the HTTP::getAuthUserPass function (core/common/http.cpp) in Peercast 0.1218 and gnome-peercast allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a Basic Authentication string with a long (1) username or (2) password.

Affected products

Peercast: 0.1218

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=478573
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=478680
http://secunia.com/advisories/29962
http://secunia.com/advisories/30020
http://secunia.com/advisories/30320
http://secunia.com/advisories/30325
http://secunia.com/advisories/31182
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200807-11.xml
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1582
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1583
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28986
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1409/references

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