VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2003-0899
CVSS score9.8 CRITICAL
EPSS probability22.19%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2003-11-03
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Description
Buffer overflow in defang in libhttpd.c for thttpd 2.21 to 2.23b1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via requests that contain '<' or '>' characters, which trigger the overflow when the characters are expanded to "<" and ">" sequences.
Weakness classification
- CWE-131: Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size
Primary references
- cve@mitre.org — Exploit, Mailing List
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link, URL Repurposed
- cve@mitre.org — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- cve@mitre.org — Broken Link
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Mailing List
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Broken Link, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Broken Link
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Broken Link, URL Repurposed