CVE-2001-1496

CRITICAL

Acme Labs thttpd <2.20 - Buffer Overflow

Title source: llm

Description

Off-by-one buffer overflow in Basic Authentication in Acme Labs thttpd 1.95 through 2.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code.

References (4)

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.1389
EPSS Percentile 94.2%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-193
Status draft

Affected Products (1)

acme/thttpd < 2.20

Timeline

Published Dec 31, 2001
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026