CVE-2016-1983

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-01-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The client_host function in parsers.c in Privoxy before 3.0.24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read and crash) via an empty HTTP Host header.

Affected products

privoxy: through 3.0.23

References

http://ijbswa.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ijbswa/current/parsers.c?r1=1.302&r2=1.303
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176475.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176492.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3460
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/21/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/22/3
http://www.privoxy.org/announce.txt
http://ijbswa.cvs.sourceforge.net/viewvc/ijbswa/current/parsers.c?r1=1.302&r2=1.303
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176475.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/176492.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3460
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/21/4

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