CVE-2003-0542

high Apache
CVSS v3 Base Score
7.2
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
0.5%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 33% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: November 3, 2003 (8228 days ago)
Last Modified: April 16, 2026
Vendor: Apache
Source: NVD

Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in (1) mod_alias and (2) mod_rewrite for Apache before 1.3.29 allow attackers to create configuration files to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a regular expression with more than 9 captures.

CWE

CWE-119

Affected Products

apache http server

References

🔗 ftp.sco.com 🔗 patches.sgi.com 🔗 patches.sgi.com 🔗 docs.info.apple.com 🔗 httpd.apache.org