CVE-2007-3159

MiniWeb Http Server 0.8.x - Denial of Service via Negative Content-Length Header

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2007-3159. PoCs published by gbr.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a denial-of-service vulnerability in MiniWeb HTTP Server 0.8.x by sending a malformed 'Content-Length' header with a negative value, causing a memory allocation issue. The lack of sanity checks on the 'Content-Length' value leads to an exception, resulting in a server crash.

Description

http.c in MiniWeb Http Server 0.8.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a negative value in the Content-Length HTTP header.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by gbr · perldoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4046

This exploit targets a denial-of-service vulnerability in MiniWeb HTTP Server 0.8.x by sending a malformed 'Content-Length' header with a negative value, causing a memory allocation issue. The lack of sanity checks on the 'Content-Length' value leads to an exception, resulting in a server crash.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: MiniWeb HTTP Server 0.8.x
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Network access to the target server
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/4046
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34774
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/25528
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/37185
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24375

Scores

EPSS 0.0276
EPSS Percentile 84.3%

Details

Status published
Products (2)
miniweb_http_server/miniweb_http_server 0.8.1
miniweb_http_server/miniweb_http_server 0.8.19
Published Jun 11, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026