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Vulnerability record · CVE-2007-6454 · published 20 December 2007

CVE-2007-6454: Peercast memory buffer overflow vulnerability

Peercast · Peercast

Heap-based buffer overflow in the handshakeHTTP function in servhs.cpp in PeerCast 0.1217 and earlier, and SVN 344 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long SOURCE request.

10.0 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 17% · top 3.1% CWE-119 · Memory buffer overflow
10.0CVSS 2.0 base score
17%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
36References, 4 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the handshakeHTTP function in servhs.cpp in PeerCast 0.1217 and earlier, and SVN 344 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long SOURCE request.

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

Affected products

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

References

LinkTags
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/peercasthof-adv.txt Exploit
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=457300
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202747
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202747
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202747
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202747
http://secunia.com/advisories/28120 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28260
http://secunia.com/advisories/28719
http://secunia.com/advisories/30325
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3461
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1441
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1583
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200801-22.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485199/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26899 ExploitPatch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4246
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39075
http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/peercasthof-adv.txt Exploit
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=457300
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202747
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202747
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202747
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=202747
http://secunia.com/advisories/28120 Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28260
http://secunia.com/advisories/28719
http://secunia.com/advisories/30325
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3461
http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1441
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1583
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200801-22.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485199/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26899 ExploitPatch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4246
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39075

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2007-6454), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.