CVE-2003-1054
mod_access_referer 1.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed Referer header that is missing a…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 7.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.7% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
mod_access_referer 1.0.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed Referer header that is missing a hostname, as parsed by the ap_parse_uri_components function in Apache, which triggers a null dereference.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Apache Mod_Access_Referer 1.0.2 - Null Pointer Dereference Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 22505dos, multiplepublished 16 Apr 2003Verified
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Timeline
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Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.1% · top 5.7% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
5
- http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/af747389-42ba-11d9-bd37-00065be4b5b6.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=151905 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 8612 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20030416 [VulnWatch] Apache mod_access_referer denial of service issue (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 7375 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2003-1044 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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