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CVE-2003-0870

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0870 describes a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Opera browser versions 7.11 and 7.20. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting an HREF with an excessive number of escaped characters in the server name. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While not actively exploited in the wild or on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:7.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.20CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:7.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-23263 · Oct 20, 2003
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1506 is in the 95th percentile among its peer group of 51,455 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/vulnwatch/2003-q4/0016.html
Broken Link
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/13458
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
atstake.com / research/advisories/2003/a102003-1.txt
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/8853
Broken LinkExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB EntryVendor Advisory