HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2003-0939

Sap Db vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
3.1%
EPSS pct
86th
Exploited
No known
eo420_GetStringFromVarPart in veo420.c for SAP database server (SAP DB) 7.4.03.27 and earlier may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a connect packet with a 256 byte segment to the niserver (aka serv.exe) process on TCP port 7269, which prevents the server from NULL terminating the string and leads to a buffer overflow.
Affected vendor
Sap
Affected product
Sap Db
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published
2003-12-15

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 3.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 86% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2003-0939

  • Confirm whether Sap Sap Db is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2003-0939.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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