CVE-2003-0899
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 30, 2003 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:03 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorThttpd
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 22%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (7)
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106729188224252&w=2Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/10092VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDBroken LinkExploitPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8906x_refsource_MISCBroken LinkURL Repurposed
Source: [email protected]
http://www.texonet.com/advisories/TEXONET-20030908.txtVDB Entryx_refsource_XFThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13530Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
https://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-396CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-131
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