CVE-2002-1866

high

Description

Simple Web Server (SWS) 0.0.4 through 0.1.0 does not close file descriptors for 404 error messages, which could allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor exhaustion) via multiple requests for pages that do not exist.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5659

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10071.php

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-09/0047.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2002-12-31

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00651