CVE-2003-0197

Exp

Buffer overflow gds_lock_mgr of Interbase Database 6.x allows local users to gain privileges via a long ISC_LOCK_ENV environment variable (INTERBASE_LOCK).

Published: 2003-04-11 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-0197 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.05%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2003-0197

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0197

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 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.05% +0.01%
2 2023-03-07 0.89% 0.04% -0.85%
3 2022-02-04 — 0.89% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0197

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-0197

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0197

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
borland_software interbase 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:borland_software:interbase:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
borland_software interbase 6.4 cpe:2.3:a:borland_software:interbase:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
borland_software interbase 6.5 cpe:2.3:a:borland_software:interbase:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
firebirdsql firebird 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:firebirdsql:firebird:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0197

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