CVE-2003-0209 EXPLOIT
10.0
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 38.6% (pctl 99)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Integer overflow in the TCP stream reassembly module (stream4) for Snort 2.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via large sequence numbers in packets, which enable a heap-based buffer overflow.
Scoring
| CVSS | 10.0 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 38.63% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2003-05-05 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| smoothwall | smoothwall |
| sourcefire | snort |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Snort 1.9.1 - 'p7snort191.sh' Remote Command Execution | 2003-04-23 |
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105043563016235&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105103586927007&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105111217731583&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105154530427824&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105172790914107&w=2
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-13.html
- http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=313&idxseccion=10
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-297
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/139129
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:052
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7178
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105043563016235&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105103586927007&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105111217731583&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105154530427824&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105172790914107&w=2
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-13.html
- http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=313&idxseccion=10
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-297
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/139129
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