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CVE-2001-0493

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2001-0493 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Small HTTP Server version 2.03. This flaw allows remote attackers to crash the server by requesting a URL containing an MS-DOS device name, such as "aux". The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited remotely with low complexity and no authentication, leading to a partial denial of service. Its EPSS score is very low, suggesting a minimal probability of exploitation. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Furthermore, there is no community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.03CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:max_feoktistov:small_http_server:2.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.63%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
73.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0163 is in the 58th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0428.html
Vendor Advisory
home.lanck.net / mf/srv/index.htm
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/6446
securityfocus.com / bid/2649
Vendor Advisory