CVE-2003-0899
Critical · 9.8CVSS
9.8
EPSS
22.2%
Published
Nov 3, 2003
CISA due date
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The record
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.
Affected packages
| Ecosystem | Package | Introduced | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:3.0 | thttpd | 0 | 2.21b-11.2 |
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