# CVE-2008-7014: Denial of service in n/a

> Remote attackers can crash the fhttpd web server by sending a malformed Authorization HTTP header, causing a denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.0 (`AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Aug 2009
- **Updated:** 7 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fm4h-xw6c-7rr6

## What is CVE-2008-7014?

CVE-2008-7014 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Aug 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

fhttpd 0.4.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via an Authorization HTTP header with an invalid character after the Basic value.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-7014?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Fhttpd Fhttpd.

## How do I fix CVE-2008-7014?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-7014 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2008-7014 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-7014 exists.

Public exploit code:

- fhttpd 0.4.2 - 'un64()' Remote Denial of Service (exploitdb)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2008-7014 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2008-7014 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Aug 2009. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-7014 exists.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-7014/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-7014/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-7014
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-7014
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-7014

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