CVE-2008-1771

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-1771
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-04-16 15:05:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in the ws_getpostvars function in Firefly Media Server (formerly mt-daapd) 0.2.4.1 (0.9~r1696-1.2 on Debian) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HTTP POST request with a large Content-Length.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-189 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Fireflymediaserver Fireflymediaserver 0.2.4.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Firefly Media Server "Content-Length" Buffer Overflow - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Firefly Media Server Integer Overflow in ws_getpostvars() Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
SourceForge.net: Multi-Threaded DAAP Daemon: Files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1597-2 mt-daapd af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Fedora update for mt-daapd - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Firefly Media Server 'Content-Length' Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
#476241 - mt-daapd: CVE-2008-1771 integer overflow allowing remote DoS and possibly arbitrary code execution - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: mt-daapd-0.9-0.4.1696.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Debian update for mt-daapd - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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