CVE-2008-0550 in the critical feed json
Off-by-one error in Steamcast 0.9.75 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or execute arbitrary c…
published 2008-02-01 18 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2008-0560
- cvss
- 10.0
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 53.8%
- EPSS 53.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 99%
- public exploits
- 2
- Metasploit, Exploit-DB
Summary
Off-by-one error in Steamcast 0.9.75 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) or execute arbitrary code via a certain HTTP request that leads to a buffer overflow, as demonstrated by a long User-Agent header.
Timeline
- First public exploit (Metasploit exploit/windows/http/steamcast_useragent)
- Published
Exploit prediction
53.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 99% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- Metasploit exploit/windows/http/steamcast_useragent Streamcast HTTP User-Agent Buffer Overflow metasploit exploit, average rank, 2008-01-24
- EDB-16800 Streamcast 0.9.75 - HTTP User-Agent Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) remote, 2010-06-11
- aluigi.org http://aluigi.org/poc/steamcazz.zip referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
- aluigi.altervista.org http://aluigi.altervista.org/adv/steamcazz-adv.txt referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-189 Numeric Errors
References
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2008-0550
- NVD CVE-2008-0550
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