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CVE-2003-0577

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0577 describes a denial of service and potential arbitrary code execution vulnerability in mpg123 version 0.59r. This flaw is triggered by processing a specially crafted MP3 file containing a zero bitrate, leading to a negative frame size. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to impact confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.59rCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mpg123:mpg123:0.59r:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
pre0.59sCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mpg123:mpg123:pre0.59s:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0374 is in the 80th 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

ftp.sco.com / pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1.1/Server/CSSA-2004-002.0/CSSA-2004-002.0.txt
distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/7875
mandriva.com / security/advisories
securityfocus.com / archive/1/306903
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/6629
PatchVendor Advisory