What is CVE-2017-14149?

CVE-2017-14149 is a high-severity vulnerability in Embedthis Goahead, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-09-05.

How severe is CVE-2017-14149?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

NULL pointer dereference in Embedthis Goahead

CVE-2017-14149

GoAhead 3.4.0 through 3.6.5 has a NULL Pointer Dereference in the websDecodeUrl function in http.c, leading to a crash for a "POST / HTTP/1.1" request.

Published 2017-09-05 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.058 (92.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 92.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.058 · newest: 0.058 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Embedthis Goahead — versions 3.4.0, 3.4.1, 3.4.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

References

github.com/shadow4u/goaheaddebug/blob/master/README.md (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14149?: CVE-2017-14149 is a high-severity vulnerability in Embedthis Goahead, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-09-05.
How severe is CVE-2017-14149?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.