Buffer overflow in Maelstrom 3.0.6, 3.0.5, and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long -server command line argument.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2003-0325 is rated Exploit Available (55.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.44%). Core evidence: 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22614 | exploit_db | edb | 2003-05-23 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| 22615 | exploit_db | edb | 2003-05-20 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| 22613 | exploit_db | edb | 2003-05-20 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 2025-10-03 | 0.18% | 0.44% | +0.26% |
| 2 | 2025-03-17 | 0.04% | 0.18% | +0.14% |
| 3 | 2023-03-07 | — | 0.04% | — |
Full EPSS history (4 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.6 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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3.9 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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unimportant | CVE-2003-0325 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (maelstrom), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0325 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| ambrosia_software | maelstrom | <= 3.0.5 | cpe:2.3:a:ambrosia_software:maelstrom:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| ambrosia_software | maelstrom | 3.0.6 | cpe:2.3:a:ambrosia_software:maelstrom:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |