RabidHamster R4 Embedded Server 1.25 HTTP Request sprintf stack-based overflow

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A vulnerability has been found in RabidHamster R4 Embedded Server 1.25 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function sprintf of the component HTTP Request Handler. The manipulation leads to stack-based overflow. This vulnerability only affects products that are no longer supported by the maintainer. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-10058. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. Moreover, an exploit is present.

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A vulnerability was found in RabidHamster R4 Embedded Server 1.25. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects the function sprintf of the component HTTP Request Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a stack-based overflow vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-121. A stack-based buffer overflow condition is a condition where the buffer being overwritten is allocated on the stack (i.e., is a local variable or, rarely, a parameter to a function). Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

RabidHamster R4 v1.25 contains a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability due to unsafe use of sprintf() when logging malformed HTTP requests. A remote attacker can exploit this flaw by sending a specially crafted URI, resulting in arbitrary code execution under the context of the web server process.

The weakness was disclosed by Luigi Auriemma. The advisory is shared at raw.githubusercontent.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-10058 since 08/11/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (18929). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• RabidHamster

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• R4 Embedded Server

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• 1.25

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• end of life

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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