CVE-2018-25103 (GCVE-0-2018-25103)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-06-17 18:02 – Updated: 2025-09-15 20:05
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Use-after-free vulnerabilities in lighttpd <= 1.4.50
Summary
There exists use-after-free vulnerabilities in lighttpd <= 1.4.50 request parsing which might read from invalid pointers to memory used in the same request, not from other requests.
Severity
5.3 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-09-15 20:05 UTC
CWE
- CWE-416 - Use After Free
Assigner
References
6 references
Impacted products
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