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CVE-2003-1118
Buffer overflow in the SETI@home client 3.03 and other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client crash) and…
High7.5EPSS 18.2%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 18.2% · top 2.8% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- 20030406 Seti@home information leakage and remote compromise (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- seti@home-newline-bo(11731) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 7292 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- VU#146785 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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