CVE-2001-1083

Icecast < 1.3.11 - Denial of Service via Malformed URL Path

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2001-1083. PoCs published by gollum.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing a denial of service vulnerability in Icecast where appending a slash or period to a URL causes the server to crash due to insufficient input sanitization.

Description

Icecast 1.3.7, and other versions before 1.3.11 with HTTP server file streaming support enabled allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a URL that ends in . (dot), / (forward slash), or \ (backward slash).

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by gollum · textdosmultiple
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20973

This is a writeup describing a denial of service vulnerability in Icecast where appending a slash or period to a URL causes the server to crash due to insufficient input sanitization.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Icecast (version not specified)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the Icecast server
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (9)

Core 9
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-063.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-089
Exploit, Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/193516
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6751
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://www.icecast.org/index.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2001-105.html
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2933
Various Sources vendor-advisory x_refsource_caldera
ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-020.0.txt
Release Notes x_refsource_confirm
http://www.icecast.org/releases/icecast-1.3.11.tar.gz

Scores

EPSS 0.0963
EPSS Percentile 95.0%

Details

Status published
Products (3)
icecast/icecast 1.0.0
icecast/icecast 1.3.7
icecast/icecast 1.3.8_beta2
Published Jun 26, 2001
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026