Unauthenticated code execution via unbounded URI copy
Published Jan 5, 2024 · Updated Jan 23, 2026
Stack-based buffer overflow in Pico HTTP Server in C through f3b69a6 allows remote attackers to execute code via a long URI. The catch-all GET route in main.c uses sprintf to concatenate PUBLIC_DIR and the untrusted URI into a 255-byte stack buffer without a length bound. No authentication or user interaction is required; an oversized HTTP request path overwrites stack memory, enabling process control or a crash.
Summary
What happened
Stack-based buffer overflow in Pico HTTP Server in C through f3b69a6 allows remote attackers to execute code via a long URI. The catch-all GET route in main.c uses sprintf to concatenate PUBLIC_DIR and the untrusted URI into a 255-byte stack buffer without a length bound. No authentication or user interaction is required; an oversized HTTP request path overwrites stack memory, enabling process control or a crash.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-22087
- Published
- Jan 5, 2024
- Updated
- Jan 23, 2026
- Vendor
- Unknown vendor
- Product
- Unknown product
- Classifications
- CWE-787, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 5, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jan 23, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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Attacks
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Public exploit references
- Malformed-URI proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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