# CVE-2018-25103: Use-after-free vulnerabilities in lighttpd \<= 1.4.50

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-06-17 · Updated: 2025-09-15

## Affected

- lighttpd: through 1.4.50

## Description

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.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on lighttpd, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://blogvdoo.wordpress.com/2018/11/06/giving-back-securing-open-source-iot-projects/#more-736
- https://www.runzero.com/blog/lighttpd/
- https://github.com/lighttpd/lighttpd1.4/commit/df8e4f95614e476276a55e34da2aa8b00b1148e9
- https://github.com/lighttpd/lighttpd1.4/commit/d161f53de04bc826ce1bdaeb3dce2c72ca50a3f8
- https://9443417.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/9443417/Security%20Advisories/2024/AMI-SA-2024002.pdf
- https://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/312260

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