CVE-2003-0899

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 9.8/10CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-131

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Nov 3, 2003
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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