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CVE-2003-0057

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0057 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in Hypermail 2 prior to version 2.1.6. These flaws can be triggered by remote attackers providing a long attachment filename or by connecting from an IP address with a long reverse-resolved hostname. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity, as it allows for denial of service and potentially arbitrary code execution with low attack complexity and no authentication required. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0b25CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hypermail:hypermail:2.0b25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hypermail:hypermail:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hypermail:hypermail:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hypermail:hypermail:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:hypermail:hypermail:2.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.90%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0490 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 51,455 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0042.html
marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/8030
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/11157
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/11158
debian.org / security/2003/dsa-248
securityfocus.com / bid/6689
securityfocus.com / bid/6690