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CVE-2003-03281 exploit

EPIC IRC Client (EPIC4) pre2.002, pre2.003, and possibly later versions, allows remote malicious IRC servers to cause a denial of service (…

Published 23 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.5
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
8.6%
percentile 95%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

EPIC IRC Client (EPIC4) pre2.002, pre2.003, and possibly later versions, allows remote malicious IRC servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a CTCP request from a large nickname, which causes an incorrect length calculation.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

8.62% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-23366 Epic 1.0.1/1.0.x - CTCP Nickname Server Message Buffer Overrun · remote · 2003-11-10

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.07.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

  • debian.org /security/2003/dsa-399 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • debian.org /security/2003/dsa-306 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN, x_transferred
  • redhat.com /support/errata/RHSA-2003-342.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred

Sources

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