CVE-2003-0328

Exp

EPIC IRC Client (EPIC4) pre2.002, pre2.003, and possibly later versions, allows remote malicious IRC servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a CTCP request from a large nickname, which causes an incorrect length calculation.

Published: 2003-06-09 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-0328 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.89%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2003-0328

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
23366 exploit_db edb 2003-11-10 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0328

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 14.87% 5.89% -8.98%
2 2025-03-29 5.89% 14.87% +8.98%
3 2025-03-17 — 5.89% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0328

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-2003-0328

OS Trackers for CVE-2003-0328

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2003-0328 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (epic4), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0328
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-0328
suse medium — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-0328/

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0328

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
epic epic4 pre2.002 cpe:2.3:a:epic:epic4:pre2.002:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
epic epic4 pre2.003 cpe:2.3:a:epic:epic4:pre2.003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0328

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