CVE-2003-1118 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in the SETI@home client 3.03 and other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client crash) and execute arbitrary code via a spoofed server response containing a long string followed by a \n (newline) character.

Published: 2005-03-12

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 24.4% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:university_of_california:seti_at_home:3.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:university_of_california:seti_at_home:3.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:university_of_california:seti_at_home:3.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:university_of_california:seti_at_home:3.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:university_of_california:seti_at_home:3.7:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.24355.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-April/004383.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/146785
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7292
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11731

History

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Subscriptions

University Of California Seti At Home

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-03-12T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:12:36.029Z

Reserved: 2005-03-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-1118

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2003-1118

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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