CVE-1999-1457

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 1999-11-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in thttpd HTTP server before 2.04-31 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long date string, which is not properly handled by the tdate_parse function.

Affected products

Thttpd Http Server: through 2.04; through 2.04.31; 1.90a

References

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_30.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_30.html

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