CVE-2003-0128 EXPLOIT
5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 16.5% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
The try_uudecoding function in mail-format.c for Ximian Evolution Mail User Agent 1.2.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malicious uuencoded (UUE) header, possibly triggering a heap-based buffer overflow.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| EPSS | 16.52% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2003-03-24 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| ximian | evolution |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Ximian Evolution 1.x - UUEncoding Denial of Service | 2003-03-17 |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0141.html
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000648
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104826470527308&w=2
- http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=309&idxseccion=10
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200303-18.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:045
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-108.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7117
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A107
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0141.html
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000648
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104826470527308&w=2
- http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=309&idxseccion=10
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200303-18.xml
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:045
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-108.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7117
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A107
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