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Vulnerability record · CVE-2007-5824 · published 5 November 2007

CVE-2007-5824: Firefly media server improper input validation vulnerability

Firefly · Media Server

webserver.c in mt-dappd in Firefly Media Server 0.2.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and daemon crash) via a stats method action to /xml-rpc with (1) an empty Authorization header line, which triggers a crash in the ws_decodepassword function; or (2) a header line without a ':' character, which triggers a crash in the ws_getheaders function.

7.1 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 5.6% · top 7.4% CWE-20 · Improper input validation
7.1CVSS 2.0 base score
5.6%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
26References
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

webserver.c in mt-dappd in Firefly Media Server 0.2.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and daemon crash) via a stats method action to /xml-rpc with (1) an empty Authorization header line, which triggers a crash in the ws_decodepassword function; or (2) a header line without a ':' character, which triggers a crash in the ws_getheaders function.

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200110
http://secunia.com/advisories/28269
http://secunia.com/advisories/30661
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=98211&release_id=548679
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1597
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-18.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483210/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483211/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483215/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26309
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38241
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38242
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4600
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=200110
http://secunia.com/advisories/28269
http://secunia.com/advisories/30661
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=98211&release_id=548679
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1597
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200712-18.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483210/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483211/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483215/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26309
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38241
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38242
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4600

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2007-5824), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.