CVE-2002-2428
GoAhead
- Published
- 6 February 2009
- Last modified
- 16 June 2026
- CVSS
- 5.0 v2.0
- Severity
- medium
- EPSS
- 1.6% (75th pct)
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- NVD status
- Modified
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Description
webs.c in GoAhead WebServer before 2.1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and daemon crash) via an HTTP POST request that contains a Content-Length header but no body data.
Exploitation
Not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalogue as of 2026.09.04. That is an absence of confirmed public exploitation, not evidence that exploitation has not occurred. EPSS models a 1.6% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
Affected products
| Product | Vendor | Type | Versions named |
|---|---|---|---|
| Goahead Webserver | GoAhead | unknown | 2.0, 2.1, 2.1.1, 2.1.2 +5 |
References
- http://data.goahead.com/Software/Webserver/2.1.8/release.htm#fixed-vulnerability-to-malicious-code-in-webs-c
- http://data.goahead.com/Software/Webserver/2.1.8/release.htm#fixed-vulnerability-to-malicious-code-in-webs-c
Record assembled from NVD, CISA KEV 2026.09.04 and FIRST EPSS 2026-09-04. Affected products are those NVD's CPE configuration names that fall inside this site's scope; a CVE may affect products outside it.