CVE-1999-1457 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Buffer overflow in thttpd HTTP server before 2.04-31 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long date string, which is not properly handled by the tdate_parse function.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Thttpd	Thttpd Http Server

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:thttpd:thttpd_http_server::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:thttpd:thttpd_http_server::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:thttpd:thttpd_http_server:1.90a:::::::*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/suse_security_announce_30.html

History

Wed, 16 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.01059}`	epss `{'score': 0.01208}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:18:07.040Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-1999-1457

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 1999-11-16T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-1999-1457

Redhat

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