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CVE-2003-0427

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0427 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in mikmod versions 3.1.6 and earlier, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying a specially crafted archive file containing an excessively long filename. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.5 (High), indicating a critical risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, suggesting awareness and potential for future exploitation.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.1.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:miod_vallat:mikmod:3.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0334 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: mikmod-0:3.1.6-22.EL3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: mikmod-0:3.1.6-32.EL4
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2003-0427Low

security flaw

Jun 13, 2003

References

oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10194
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A647
debian.org / security/2003/dsa-320
PatchVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-506.html