Vulnerability Details : CVE-2003-0899

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.
Published 2003-11-03 05:00:00
Updated 2024-02-02 14:01:02
Source MITRE
View at NVD,   CVE.org
Vulnerability category: OverflowExecute code

Products affected by CVE-2003-0899

Threat overview for CVE-2003-0899

Top countries where our scanners detected CVE-2003-0899
Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 22
IPs affected by CVE-2003-0899 472
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0899

EPSS FAQ
19.30%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 96 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2003-0899

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
7.5
 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
10.0
6.4
 NIST
9.8
 CRITICAL CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.9
5.9
 NIST 2024-02-02

CWE ids for CVE-2003-0899

  • The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)
  • The product does not correctly calculate the size to be used when allocating a buffer, which could lead to a buffer overflow.
    Assigned by: nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

References for CVE-2003-0899

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