CVE-2019-12822: Embedthis GoAhead

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 8.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In http.c in Embedthis GoAhead before 4.1.1 and 5.x before 5.0.1, a header parsing vulnerability causes a memory assertion, out-of-bounds memory reference, and potential DoS, as demonstrated by a colon on a line by itself.

Affected products

  • Embedthis GoAhead: before 4.1.1 (fixed in 4.1.1); from 5.0.0, before 5.0.1 (fixed in 5.0.1)

Published 2019-06-14. Last modified 2026-06-17.