CVE-2003-1262 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the http_fetch function of HTTP Fetcher versions 1.0.0 and 1.0.1. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code by supplying an excessively long host, referer, or userAgent value in a URL request. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.4, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity, leading to partial impact on integrity and availability. While there is no known active exploitation, official exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB) is unavailable, and it has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:http_fetcher:http_fetcher_library:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:http_fetcher:http_fetcher_library:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.