Mathopd is a lightweight HTTP server with a narrow product scope, historically affected by characteristic memory-safety and file-access vulnerabilities including classic buffer overflows, path traversal, and symlink-following issues. These weakness classes reflect the parsing and filesystem-interaction demands of a minimal web server implementation, and defenders should prioritize patches for internet-exposed instances; live severity, exploitation, and exposure counts are shown alongside this summary.
The number and severity of CVEs published that impact products developed by Mathopd over time
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (3 CVEs).
3 CVEs · Highest risk first
| CVE | Published | CVSS | Risk | KEV | Exploit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
CVE-2003-1228HIGH Buffer overflow in the prepare_reply function in request.c for Mathopd 1.2 through 1.5b13, and possibly earlier versions, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (serv | Dec 31, 2003 | 7.5 | 37 | NO | YES |
CVE-2012-1050MEDIUM Directory traversal vulnerability in Mathopd 1.4.x and 1.5.x before 1.5p7, when configured with the * construct for mass virtual hosting, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary | Feb 13, 2012 | 4.3 | 18 | NO | NO |
CVE-2005-0824MEDIUM The internal_dump function in Mathopd before 1.5p5, and 1.6x before 1.6b6 BETA, when Mathopd is running with the -n option, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a sy | May 2, 2005 | 5.5 | 17 | NO | NO |
Signals from CVEs in this vendor scope (3 CVEs).
An overview of all social media posts that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Mathopd.
Media articles that mention a CVE ID that affects a product developed by Mathopd — matched by CVE ID, not by vendor name.