{"cve":"CVE-2008-4298","nvd":{"published":"2008-09-27T10:30:03.680","modified":"2026-06-16T22:57:33.060","status":"Modified","description":"Memory leak in the http_request_parse function in request.c in lighttpd before 1.4.20 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of requests with duplicate request headers.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-399"],"references":["http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=238180","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-11/msg00002.html","http://secunia.com/advisories/32069","http://secunia.com/advisories/32132","http://secunia.com/advisories/32480"],"products":["lighttpd:lighttpd"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:52:44.811608366+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-4298","score":0.03526,"percentile":0.89244,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}