VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2003-1118

CVSS score7.5 HIGH
EPSS probability18.22%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2003-12-31
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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