CVE-2003-0542 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in (1) mod_alias and ()
Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in (1) mod_alias and (2) mod_rewrite for Apache before 1.3.29 allow attackers to create configuration files to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a regular expression with more than 9 captures.
| CVE ID | CVE-2003-0542 |
|---|---|
| Severity | HIGH |
| CVSS score | 7.2 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| CWE | CWE-119 |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2003-11-03 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in (1) mod_alias and (2) mod_rewrite for Apache before 1.3.29 allow attackers to create configuration files to cause a denial of service (crash) or execute arbitrary code via a regular expression with more than 9 captures. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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