CVE-2003-0245

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 63.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2003-06-09 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Vulnerability in the apr_psprintf function in the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) library for Apache 2.0.37 through 2.0.45 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long strings, as demonstrated using XML objects to mod_dav, and possibly other vectors.

Affected products

Apache HTTP Server: 2.0.37, 2.0.38, 2.0.39, 2.0.40, 2.0.41, 2.0.42 (+3)

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q2/0095.html
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000661
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105418115512559&w=2
http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/Announcement2.html
http://www.idefense.com/advisory/05.30.03.txt
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/757612
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:063
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-186.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7723
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12090
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/54a42d4b01968df1117cea77fc53d6beb931c0e05936ad02af93e9ac%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5df9bfb86a3b054bb985a45ff9250b0332c9ecc181eec232489e7f79%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E

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