CVE-2003-0325

Exp

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.

Published: 2003-06-09 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

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.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2003-0325

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 ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0325

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)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0325

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-0325

OS Trackers for CVE-2003-0325

vendor priority summary link
debian 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

Affected software / configurations for 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0325

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