CVE-2003-0328 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 8.6% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
EPIC IRC Client (EPIC4) pre2.002, pre2.003, and possibly later versions, allows remote malicious IRC servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a CTCP request from a large nickname, which causes an incorrect length calculation.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 8.62% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2003-06-09 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| epic | epic4 |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | Epic 1.0.1/1.0.x - CTCP Nickname Server Message Buffer Overrun | 2003-11-10 |
References
- ftp://ftp.prbh.org/pub/epic/patches/alloca_underrun-patch-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-306
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-399
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-342.html
- ftp://ftp.prbh.org/pub/epic/patches/alloca_underrun-patch-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-306
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-399
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-342.html
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