CVE-2003-0865
Heap-based buffer overflow in readstring of httpget.c for mpg123 0.59r and 0.59s allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long request.
02 Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in readstring of httpget.c for mpg123 0.59r and 0.59s allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long request.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 14.50% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2003-10-17 04:00Z23 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 02:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2003-10-15
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b0d956d89fc31709db3f78d38e47553a2a15e14ee679af9781232124f55ce872
05 Affected products
06 References
- ftp.sco.comCSSA-2004-002.0ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1.1/Server/CSSA-2004-002.0/CSSA-2004-002.0.txt
- www.debian.orgDSA-435http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-435
- distro.conectiva.com.brCLA-2003:781http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000781
- www.securityfocus.com8680http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8680
- marc.info20030930 GLSA: mpg123 (200309-17)http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106493686331198&w=2
- www.securityfocus.com20030923 mpg123[v0.59r,v0.59s]: remote client-side heap corruption exploit.http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/338641
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- mpg123 Fixed in 0.59r-15
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- mpg123 Fixed in 0.59r-15
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- mpg123 Fixed in 0.59r-15
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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