CVE-2015-1548 — mini_httpd 1.21 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via an HTTP request with a long protocol string, which triggers an incorrect response size calculation and an out-of-bounds read

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mini_httpd 1.21 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via an HTTP request with a long protocol string, which triggers an incorrect response size calculation and an out-of-bounds read

Published Feb 10, 2015

5.0

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.60%

Description

mini_httpd 1.21 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via an HTTP request with a long protocol string, which triggers an incorrect response size calculation and an out-of-bounds read.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.60% 0.01600

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

EPSS probability 0.01600

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	1.60% (0.01600)	74.90th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.33% (0.01335)	67.37th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.41% (0.00406)	58.96th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.46% (0.00461)	76.20th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 16, 2024	0.46% (0.00461)	75.51th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.65% (0.00654)	78.80th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.65% (0.00654)	76.28th	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-119

Buffer Overflow

References (2)

http://itinsight.hu/en/posts/articles/2015-01-23-mini-httpd/
x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73450
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Link	Providers	Tags
http://itinsight.hu/en/posts/articles/2015-01-23-mini-httpd/		x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73450		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Feb 10, 2015

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Feb 7, 2015

Link CVE-2015-1548

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2015-1548

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2015-1548