CVE-2005-3183

W3C libwww - Denial of Service via Crafted Multipart/Byteranges MIME Message

Title source: llm

Description

The HTBoundary_put_block function in HTBound.c for W3C libwww (w3c-libwww) allows remote servers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via a crafted multipart/byteranges MIME message that triggers an out-of-bounds read.

References (15)

Core 15

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9653

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:210

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/25098

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9444

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

http://www.securityfocus.com/advisories/9445

Exploit, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=159597

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0208.html

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/17814

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/17122

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/17489

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

https://usn.ubuntu.com/220-1/

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/19193

Various Sources vendor-advisory x_refsource_sco

ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenServer/SCOSA-2006.10/SCOSA-2006.10.txt

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15035

Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia

http://secunia.com/advisories/17119

Scores

EPSS 0.0210

EPSS Percentile 79.5%

Details

CWE

CWE-20

Status published

Products (1)

w3c/libwww

Published Oct 12, 2005

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026