CVE-2007-5824

Exp

webserver.c in mt-dappd in Firefly Media Server 0.2.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL dereference and daemon crash) via a stats method action to /xml-rpc with (1) an empty Authorization header line, which triggers a crash in the ws_decodepassword function; or (2) a header line without a ':' character, which triggers a crash in the ws_getheaders function.

Published: 2007-11-05 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-5824 is rated High Exploit Risk (70.6/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.59%, 92th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-5824

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
4600 exploit_db edb 2007-11-02 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-5824

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 16.43% 5.59% -10.84%
2 2026-04-02 15.14% 16.43% +1.29%
3 2025-11-18 — 15.14% —

Full EPSS history (14 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-5824

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.1 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 8.6 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-5824

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-5824

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2007-5824: 1 GLSA(s) (200712-18), 1 atom(s) (media-sound/mt-daapd); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-5824
ubuntu medium CVE-2007-5824 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (mt-daapd), 6 status rows across 6 suites (dapper, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, upstream): ignored 2, not-affected 2, DNE 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-5824

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-5824

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
firefly media_server <= 0.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:firefly:media_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-5824

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