CVE-2003-0218

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2003-05-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in PostMethod() function for Monkey HTTP Daemon (monkeyd) 0.6.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a POST request with a large body.

Affected products

monkey: through 0.6.1; 0.1.1, 0.5.2, 0.6.0

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q2/0029.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105094204204166&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105154473526898&w=2
http://monkeyd.sourceforge.net/Changelog.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7202
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q2/0029.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105094204204166&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105154473526898&w=2
http://monkeyd.sourceforge.net/Changelog.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7202

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