CVE-2003-1262: HTTP Fetcher Library

Medium severity, CVSS 6.4. EPSS: 4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in the http_fetch function of HTTP Fetcher 1.0.0 and 1.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a URL request via a long (1) host, (2) referer, or (3) userAgent value.

Affected products

• HTTP Fetcher HTTP Fetcher Library: version 1.0.0 only; version 1.0.1 only

Published 2003-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.