MEDIUM
lighttpd: memory leak http_request_parse() in request.c
Published Sep 27, 2008
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.53%
Description
Memory leak in the http_request_parse function in request.c in lighttpd before 1.4.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of requests with duplicate request headers.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 1.4.19
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2
- 1.1.3
- 1.1.4
- 1.1.5
- 1.1.6
- 1.1.7
- 1.1.8
- 1.1.9
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 1.2.3
- 1.2.4
- 1.2.5
- 1.2.6
- 1.2.7
- 1.2.8
- 1.3.0
- 1.3.1
- 1.3.2
- 1.3.3
- 1.3.4
- 1.3.5
- 1.3.6
- 1.3.7
- 1.3.8
- 1.3.9
- 1.3.10
- 1.3.11
- 1.3.12
- 1.3.13
- 1.3.14
- 1.3.15
- 1.3.16
- 1.4.0
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.2
- 1.4.3
- 1.4.4
- 1.4.5
- 1.4.6
- 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.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.53% 0.03526
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03526
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 | 3.53% (0.03526) | 88.86th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.53% (0.03526) | 87.70th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.93% (0.02928) | 85.19th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.42% (0.04424) | 81.34th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.93% (0.02928) | 85.50th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 11.93% (0.11926) | 95.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 24, 2024 | 11.14% (0.11140) | 94.66th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 10.42% (0.10416) | 94.03th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 88.02th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 86.83th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 4.36% (0.04358) | 70.59th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (23)
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=238180 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32069 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32132 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32480 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32834 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32972 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200812-04.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/changeset/2305 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://trac.lighttpd.net/trac/ticket/1774 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://wiki.rpath.com/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0309 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://wiki.rpath.com/wiki/Advisories:rPSA-2008-0309 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1645 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.lighttpd.net/security/lighttpd_sa_2008_07.txt x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/26/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497932/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31434 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2741 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4298 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=464637 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/45471 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4298
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4298
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Sep 27, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Sep 26, 2008
Link CVE-2008-4298
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a