CVE-2007-6454

Exp

Heap-based buffer overflow in the handshakeHTTP function in servhs.cpp in PeerCast 0.1217 and earlier, and SVN 344 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long SOURCE request.

Published: 2007-12-20 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2007-6454 is rated High Exploit Risk (85/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 38.63%, 97th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2007-6454

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
30894 exploit_db edb 2007-12-17 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-6454

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 2025-10-08 42.65% 38.63% -4.02%
2 2025-09-12 25.04% 42.65% +17.61%
3 2025-03-30 — 25.04% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-6454

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-6454

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-6454

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2007-6454: 1 GLSA(s) (200801-22), 1 atom(s) (media-sound/peercast); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-6454
ubuntu medium CVE-2007-6454 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (peercast), 9 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): ignored 4, released 4, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-6454

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-6454

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
peercast peercast <= 0.1217 cpe:2.3:a:peercast:peercast:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
peercast peercast <= svn_344 cpe:2.3:a:peercast:peercast:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
peercast peercast 0.1211 cpe:2.3:a:peercast:peercast:0.1211:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
peercast peercast 0.1212 cpe:2.3:a:peercast:peercast:0.1212:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
peercast peercast 0.1215 cpe:2.3:a:peercast:peercast:0.1215:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-6454

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