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CVE-2001-1496

critical

Description

Off-by-one buffer overflow in Basic Authentication in Acme Labs thttpd 1.95 through 2.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7595

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2001-1473

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3562

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/241953

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/241310

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2001-12-31

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.04837