CVE-2015-2297

high

Published 2017-10-06 · Modified 2026-05-13

CVSS v3

7.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

VIR risk

7.5

Description

nanohttp in libcsoap allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted Authorization header.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

83%

Patch ETA

—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
libcsoap_project	libcsoap	`-`

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/15/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/15/4

CWEs

CWE-476

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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.