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CVE-2003-0321

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0321 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in BitchX IRC client versions 1.0-0c19 and earlier. These flaws allow remote malicious IRC servers to trigger a denial of service (crash) and potentially execute arbitrary code through excessively long hostnames, nicknames, or channel names. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity with a network attack vector, low complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.0.0c19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:colten_edwards:bitchx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
4.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0425 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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, 0.1 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
marc.info
marc.info
security.debian.org / pool/updates/main/i/ircii-pana/ircii-pana_1.0-0c16-2.1.diff.gz
Patch
debian.org / security/2003/dsa-306
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/7096
securityfocus.com / bid/7097
securityfocus.com / bid/7099
securityfocus.com / bid/7100