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CVE-2003-0899in critical feed2 exploits

Buffer overflow in defang in libhttpd.c for thttpd 2.21 to 2.23b1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via requests that conta…

Published 23 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
9.8
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
22.2%
percentile 98%
Public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

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 "&lt;" and "&gt;" sequences.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

22.19% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-23306 thttpd 2.2x - 'defang' Remote Buffer Overflow · remote · 2003-10-27
  • EDB-23305 thttpd 2.2x - 'defang' Remote Buffer Overflow (PoC) · dos · 2003-10-27

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.19.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-131 Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/8906 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2003/dsa-396 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/10092 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • osvdb.org /2729 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_OSVDB, x_transferred
  • texonet.com /advisories/TEXONET-20030908.txt · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • marc.info /?l=bugtraq&m=106729188224252&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/13530 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred

Sources

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