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CVE-2003-1262

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2003-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the http_fetch function of HTTP Fetcher 1.0.0 and 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a URL request via a long (1) host, (2) referer, or (3) userAgent value.

Affected products

• Http Fetcher Library: 1.0.0, 1.0.1

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104195613529429&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/7823
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11000.php
• http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/104480/104/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/305340
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6531
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104195613529429&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/7823
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11000.php
• http://www.linuxsecurity.com/content/view/104480/104/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/305340
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6531

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