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Buffer overflow in the prepare_reply function in request...

High severity Unreviewed Published Apr 29, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Apr 3, 2025

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

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 (server crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via an HTTP request with a long path.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 31, 2003
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Apr 29, 2022
Last updated Apr 3, 2025

Severity

High

EPSS score

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(94th percentile)

Weaknesses

Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. Learn more on MITRE.

CVE ID

CVE-2003-1228

GHSA ID

GHSA-9c8p-6c5j-w6c4

Source code

No known source code

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