CVE-2014-9707

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-9707
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-03-31 14:59:06 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionEmbedThis GoAhead 3.0.0 through 3.4.1 does not properly handle path segments starting with a . (dot), which allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks, cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and crash), or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted URI.

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-17 | 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 Embedthis Goahead 3.0.0 All All All
Application Embedthis Goahead 3.3.1 All All All
Application Embedthis Goahead 3.3.2 All All All
Application Embedthis Goahead 3.3.3 All All All
Application Embedthis Goahead 3.3.4 All All All
Application Embedthis Goahead 3.3.5 All All All
Application Embedthis Goahead 3.3.6 All All All
Application Embedthis Goahead 3.4.0 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Full Disclosure: Advisory: CVE-2014-9707: GoAhead Web Server 3.0.0 - 3.4.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org Exploit
FIX: Dot filename segments permit directory traversal [issue 106] · embedthis/goahead@eed4a7d · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
GoAhead Web Server Heap Overflow in websNormalizeUriPath() Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
URI Parsing Dot Segments · Issue #106 · embedthis/goahead · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
GoAhead 3.4.1 Heap Overflow / Traversal ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com Exploit
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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