Peercast is a peer-to-peer streaming media application with a narrow product scope centered on its single core offering. The observed vulnerability signal focuses on memory-buffer handling issues, reflecting the parsing and stream-processing demands of media distribution software. Current severity, exploitation, and exposure counts are shown alongside this summary.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Peercast over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (5 CVEs).
5 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2006-1148HIGH Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in the procConnectArgs function in servmgr.cpp in PeerCast before 0.1217 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an HTTP GET requ | Mar 10, 2006 | 7.5 | 75 | NO | YES |
CVE-2007-6454HIGH Heap-based buffer overflow in the handshakeHTTP function in servhs.cpp in PeerCast 0.1217 and earlier, and SVN 344 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service | Dec 20, 2007 | 10.0 | 43 | NO | YES |
CVE-2008-2040HIGH Stack-based buffer overflow in the HTTP::getAuthUserPass function (core/common/http.cpp) in Peercast 0.1218 and gnome-peercast allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service | Apr 30, 2008 | 7.5 | 37 | NO | YES |
CVE-2005-1806HIGH Format string vulnerability in PeerCast 0.1211 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format strings in the URL. | May 28, 2005 | 7.5 | 33 | NO | YES |
CVE-2007-3087HIGH Peercast places a cleartext password in a query string, which might allow attackers to obtain sensitive information by sniffing the network, or obtaining Referer or browser history | Jun 6, 2007 | 7.8 | 20 | NO | NO |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (5 CVEs).
An overview of all social media posts that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Peercast.
Media articles that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Peercast — matched by CVE ID, not by vendor name.