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CVE-2020-29596

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2020-12-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-120

Description

MiniWeb HTTP server 0.8.19 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) via a long name for the first parameter in a POST request.

Affected products

• Miniweb Http Server Project Miniweb Http Server: 0.8.19

References

• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160470/MiniWeb-HTTP-Server-0.8.19-Buffer-Overflow.html
• https://securityforeveryone.com/blog/miniweb-http-server-vulnerability-0-day-cve-2020-29596
• https://sourceforge.net/projects/miniweb/files/miniweb/0.8/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49247
• https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/160470/MiniWeb-HTTP-Server-0.8.19-Buffer-Overflow.html
• https://securityforeveryone.com/blog/miniweb-http-server-vulnerability-0-day-cve-2020-29596
• https://sourceforge.net/projects/miniweb/files/miniweb/0.8/
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/49247

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