CVE-2003-1054

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2003-1054 · Published 16/04/2003 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2003-1054 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting mod access referer (mod access referer).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 7.1%, higher than 94.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
mod access referer mod_access_referer	`= 1.0.2`	No fix yet

Description

mod_access_referer 1.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed Referer header that is missing a hostname, as parsed by the ap_parse_uri_components function in Apache, which triggers a null dereference.

References

lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-April/004555.html · Patch
secunia.com/advisories/8612 · Vendor Advisory
sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php · Patch
securityfocus.com/bid/7375 · Exploit
vuxml.org/freebsd/af747389-42ba-11d9-bd37-00065be4b5b6.html · Vendor Advisory

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