CVE-2002-2430 — GoAhead WebServer before 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by performing a socket disconnect to terminate a request before it has been fully processed by the server

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MEDIUM

GoAhead WebServer before 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by performing a socket disconnect to terminate a request before it has been fully processed by the server

Published Feb 6, 2009

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.12%

Description

GoAhead WebServer before 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by performing a socket disconnect to terminate a request before it has been fully processed by the server.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.12% 0.01118

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01118

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (12 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.12% (0.01118)	64.89th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.12% (0.01118)	61.75th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.44% (0.00436)	60.85th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.33% (0.00333)	72.03th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Apr 25, 2024	0.19% (0.00188)	55.57th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 15, 2024	0.17% (0.00173)	53.38th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.16% (0.00157)	50.80th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.33% (0.00333)	66.54th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.05% (0.01055)	52.13th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 17, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	50.47th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	48.43th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.05% (0.01055)	27.52th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-399

References (1)

http://data.goahead.com/Software/Webserver/2.1.8/release.htm#cpu-utilization-hangs-at-100-on-a-socket-disconnect-bug01865
x_refsource_CONFIRM

Link	Providers	Tags
http://data.goahead.com/Software/Webserver/2.1.8/release.htm#cpu-utilization-hangs-at-100-on-a-socket-disconnect-bug01865		x_refsource_CONFIRM

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Feb 6, 2009

Updated Sep 16, 2024

Reserved Feb 6, 2009

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2002-2430

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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