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CVE-2003-0845

40
FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0845 describes an unknown vulnerability within the HSQLDB component of JBoss versions 3.2.1 and 3.0.8, specifically when running on Java 1.4.x platforms in their default configurations. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute unauthorized activities and potentially arbitrary code through crafted SQL statements sent to specific TCP ports (1701 for JBoss 3.2.1 and 1476 for JBoss 3.0.8). With a CVSS score of 7.5, it is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog and showing no active community discussion or media coverage, an exploit for remote command injection is publicly available on ExploitDB.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jboss:jboss:3.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:jboss:jboss:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
15.06%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
96.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-23221 · Oct 6, 2003
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1506 is in the 95th 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 (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: hsqldb-1:1.8.0.4-3jpp.6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: openoffice.org-1:2.0.4-5.4.25
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2003-0845Moderate

JBoss HSQLDB component remote command injection

Oct 5, 2003

References

marc.info
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
marc.info
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/27914
Not Applicable
sourceforge.net / docman/display_doc.php
Broken Link
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11300
Tool Signature
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2007-1048.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/8773
PatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB EntryVendor Advisory