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medium 5.0

CVE-2002-1663 json

The Post_Method function in method.c for Monkey HTTP Daemon before 0.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a…

published 2002-12-31 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-1644

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.0%
EPSS 4.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

The Post_Method function in method.c for Monkey HTTP Daemon before 0.5.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a POST request with an invalid or missing Content-Length header value.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-21981)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

3.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-21981 Monkey HTTP Server 0.4/0.5 - Invalid POST Denial of Service dos, 2002-11-02
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6096 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securitytracker.com http://securitytracker.com/id?1005507 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-11/0023.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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