CVE-2002-1897 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in MyWebServer LLC MyWebServer versions 1.0.1 and 1.0.2. This flaw allows remote attackers to crash the server by sending a specially crafted, long HTTP request, potentially exploiting a buffer overflow. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and is easily exploitable over the network with no authentication required, leading to a partial availability impact. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, an exploit for this vulnerability is publicly available on ExploitDB, and it has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mywebserver:mywebserver:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mywebserver:mywebserver:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:mywebserver:mywebserver:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.