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CVE-2003-0165

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0165 describes a format string vulnerability in Eye Of Gnome (EOG) versions 1.0.x, 1.1.x, and 2.2. An attacker can exploit this by providing specially crafted format string specifiers in a command line argument when opening a file, potentially leading to arbitrary code execution. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating a low severity with local access required and low attack complexity, but with potential for partial impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not currently on the KEV catalog or actively exploited, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eog:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eog:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eog:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eog:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:eog:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.68%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-22376 · Mar 28, 2003
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0168 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 3,049 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 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 8.0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2003-0165

security flaw

Mar 28, 2003

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0157.html
marc.info
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A52
coresecurity.com / common/showdoc.php
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/363001
US Government Resource
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2003-128.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/7121
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory