CVE-2003-1558

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2003-1558 · Published 31/12/2003 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2003-1558 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting fnord (fefe).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 3.1%, higher than 87.7% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
fnord fefe	`= 1.6`	No fix yet

Description

Buffer overflow in httpd.c of fnord 1.6 allows remote attackers to create a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long CGI request passed to the do_cgi function.

References

secunia.com/advisories/7893 · Vendor Advisory
fefe.de/fnord
securityfocus.com/archive/1/307400/30/26270/threaded
securityfocus.com/bid/6635 · Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11121

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