THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2003-0033
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2003-0033

Snort vulnerability

CVSS
10.0
EPSS
11.9%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
Buffer overflow in the RPC preprocessor for Snort 1.8 and 1.9.x before 1.9.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via fragmented RPC packets.
Affected vendor
Snort
Affected product
Snort
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
2003-03-07

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 11.9% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

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  • Confirm whether Snort Snort is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2003-0033.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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