lighttpd crashes when it's low on file descriptors
Published Feb 26, 2008
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.31%
Description
lighttpd 1.4.18, and possibly other versions before 1.5.0, does not properly calculate the size of a file descriptor array, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large number of connections, which triggers an out-of-bounds access.
Affected products
No data.
- 1.4.7
- 1.4.8
- 1.4.9
- 1.4.10
- 1.4.11
- 1.4.12
- 1.4.13
- 1.4.14
- 1.4.15
- 1.4.16
- 1.4.17
- 1.4.18
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.31% (0.02312) | 82.77th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.31% (0.02312) | 81.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Dec 10, 2025 | 3.71% (0.03707) | 87.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.98% (0.04981) | 88.95th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 9.86% (0.09860) | 95.11th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 3, 2024 | 9.94% (0.09936) | 94.70th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 25, 2023 | 9.26% (0.09265) | 93.81th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 8.65% (0.08648) | 93.44th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (21)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00005.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29066 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29166 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29209 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29268 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29622 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31104 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200803-10.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1562 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0084 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1609 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/488926/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27943 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0659/references vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-0983 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=434163 Issue Tracking
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2284 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-0983
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-0983
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00162.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-March/msg00180.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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