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CVE-2003-1083

53
FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-1083 describes a critical stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Monit versions 1.4 through 4.1. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending a specially crafted, long HTTP request to the affected server. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no authentication, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the CISA KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, indicating its exploitability, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding it.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tildeslash:monit:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tildeslash:monit:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tildeslash:monit:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tildeslash:monit:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tildeslash:monit:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
21.11%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-173 · Apr 9, 2004
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2111 is in the 96th 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 (1)

gentoopatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

secunia.com / advisories/10280
Patch
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200403-14.xml
Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/13817
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/623854
US Government Resource
securityfocus.com / archive/1/345417
ExploitVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/9099
ExploitPatch
tildeslash.com / monit/dist/CHANGES.txt