CVE-2002-1870: Sws Simple Web Server

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Simple Web Server (SWS) 0.0.4 through 0.1.0 does not properly handle when the recv function call fails, which may allow remote attackers to overwrite program data or perform actions on an uninitialized heap, leading to a denial of service and possibly code execution.

Affected products

• Sws Sws Simple Web Server: version 0.0.3 only; version 0.0.4 only; version 0.1.0 only; version 0.1.1 only

Published 2002-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.