CVE-2003-0146

Multiple vulnerabilities in NetPBM 9.20 and earlier, and possibly other versions, may allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via "maths overflow errors" such as (1) integer signedness errors or (2) integer overflows, which lead to buffer overflows.

Published: 2003-03-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2003-0146 is rated Moderate Risk (61.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.88%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0146

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 3.09% 3.88% +0.79%
2 2025-03-29 3.88% 3.09% -0.79%
3 2025-03-17 3.88%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0146

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-0146

OS Trackers for CVE-2003-0146

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2003-0146 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (lpr, netpbm-free), 10 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 10. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0146
redhat high https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-0146

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0146

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
netpbm netpbm <= 9.20 cpe:2.3:a:netpbm:netpbm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0146

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