CVE-2014-9707

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 28.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2015-03-31 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-17

Description

EmbedThis GoAhead 3.0.0 through 3.4.1 does not properly handle path segments starting with a . (dot), which allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks, cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and crash), or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted URI.

Affected products

EmbedThis GoAhead: 3.0.0, 3.3.1, 3.3.2, 3.3.3, 3.3.4, 3.3.5 (+2)

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131156/GoAhead-3.4.1-Heap-Overflow-Traversal.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/157
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535027/100/0/threaded
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032208
https://github.com/embedthis/goahead/commit/eed4a7d177bf94a54c7b06ccce88507fbd76fb77
https://github.com/embedthis/goahead/issues/106
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131156/GoAhead-3.4.1-Heap-Overflow-Traversal.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/157
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535027/100/0/threaded
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032208
https://github.com/embedthis/goahead/commit/eed4a7d177bf94a54c7b06ccce88507fbd76fb77
https://github.com/embedthis/goahead/issues/106

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