CVE-2003-0721

Exp

Integer signedness error in rfc2231_get_param from strings.c in PINE before 4.58 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an email that causes an out-of-bounds array access using a negative number.

Published: 2003-09-17 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-0721 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.1/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.86%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.04% 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-2003-0721

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0721

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 2.82% 3.86% +1.04%
2 2025-03-30 4.87% 2.82% -2.05%
3 2025-03-29 — 4.87% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0721

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-2003-0721

OS Trackers for CVE-2003-0721

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2003-0721 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (alpine), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0721
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-0721

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0721

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
washington pine < 4.58 cpe:2.3:a:washington:pine:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0721

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