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CVE-2003-0099

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0099 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in apcupsd versions prior to 3.8.6 and 3.10.5, stemming from improper use of the vsprintf function. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, allowing local attackers to potentially achieve denial of service or execute arbitrary code with full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in common databases like Metasploit or ExploitDB, or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not widely targeted.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.8.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apc:apcupsd:3.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
43.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0056 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 3,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

ftp.caldera.com / pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-015.0.txt
securitytracker.com / id
sourceforge.net / project/shownotes.php
sourceforge.net / project/shownotes.php
Vendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2003/dsa-277
PatchVendor Advisory
iss.net / security_center/static/11491.php
Vendor Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2003_022_apcupsd.html
securityfocus.com / bid/7200