CVE-2003-0899
Estado: ModificadaCrítica (9.8)—
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.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 9.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 22%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 98
- Fecha de la puntuación: 3/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-131
Referencias
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106729188224252&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10092
- http://www.osvdb.org/2729
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8906
- http://www.texonet.com/advisories/TEXONET-20030908.txt
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13530
- https://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-396
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106729188224252&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10092
- http://www.osvdb.org/2729
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8906
- http://www.texonet.com/advisories/TEXONET-20030908.txt
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13530
- https://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-396
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