CVE-2003-0169 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (hpnst.exe in the GoAhead-Webs webserver for HP Instant TopTo)
hpnst.exe in the GoAhead-Webs webserver for HP Instant TopTools before 5.55 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a request to hpnst.exe that calls itself, which causes an infinite loop.
| CVE ID | CVE-2003-0169 |
|---|---|
| Severity | MEDIUM |
| CVSS score | 5.0 |
| CVSS vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2003-04-11 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | hpnst.exe in the GoAhead-Webs webserver for HP Instant TopTools before 5.55 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a request to hpnst.exe that calls itself, which causes an infinite loop. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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