CVE-2001-1304
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedBuffer overflow in SHOUTcast Server 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via several HTTP requests with a long (1) user-agent or (2) host HTTP header.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceBuffer overflow vulnerability in SHOUTcast Server 1.8.2 allows remote attackers to crash the server by sending HTTP requests with excessively long user-agent or host headers, causing a denial of service.
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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 1.8.2CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- Partial
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Confirm SHOUTcast Server is installedLook for shoutcast processes or executable files on the system. On Linux/Unix check 'ps aux | grep -i shout' or look for 'sc_serv' binary. On Windows check running services or installed programs.Affected if SHOUTcast Server process or executable is found on the system
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Verify the installed version is 1.8.2Check the version of the SHOUTcast Server binary or examine the server's response to HTTP requests. The version is typically displayed in server status pages or in the binary metadata.Affected if The installed version is exactly 1.8.2 (no other version)
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Confirm SHOUTcast is listening on network portsCheck which network ports SHOUTcast is bound to using 'netstat -anp | grep sc_serv' or similar network inspection tools. SHOUTcast typically listens on HTTP ports like 8000.Affected if SHOUTcast is accepting TCP connections on any port from the network
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Check if HTTP header processing is enabledSHOUTcast handles HTTP requests by default on its streaming port. Verify the server responds to basic HTTP requests by connecting to the port and sending a minimal HTTP request.Affected if The server processes HTTP requests and returns responses
You are affected only if SHOUTcast Server version 1.8.2 is running and exposed to network requests on an HTTP port.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataSince SHOUTcast 1.8.2 is legacy software from 2001 with likely no patch available, implement network-level protections such as WAF rules or reverse proxy header size limits to block oversized requests, or migrate to a supported streaming server solution.
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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