CVE-2003-0966

Elm vulnerability

CVSS

7.5

EPSS

3.3%

EPSS pct

87th

Exploited

No known

Buffer overflow in the frm command in elm 2.5.6 and earlier, and possibly later versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Subject line.

Affected vendor

Elm Development Group

Affected product

Elm

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published

2004-02-17

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 3.3% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

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