CVE-2003-0685

Exp

Buffer overflow in Netris 0.52 and earlier, and possibly other versions, allows remote malicious Netris servers to execute arbitrary code on netris clients via a long server response.

Published: 2003-08-27 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-0685 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.36%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.15% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2003-0685

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0685

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 2026-06-15 1.21% 2.36% +1.15%
2 2026-02-08 1.56% 1.21% -0.35%
3 2025-03-30 — 1.56% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0685

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-2003-0685

OS Trackers for CVE-2003-0685

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2003-0685 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (netris), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid): resolved 4. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0685
ubuntu medium CVE-2003-0685 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (netris), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2003-0685

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0685

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
netris netris 0.3 cpe:2.3:a:netris:netris:0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netris netris 0.4 cpe:2.3:a:netris:netris:0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netris netris 0.5 cpe:2.3:a:netris:netris:0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0685

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