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CVE-2003-0899

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.8 Published: 2003-11-03 Modified: 2026-06-16

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.

Affected Platforms

Acme Thttpd

Weakness Type

CWE-131

References