CVE-2003-0775

Exp

saned in sane-backends 1.0.7 and earlier calls malloc with an arbitrary size value if a connection is dropped before the size value has been sent, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption or crash).

Published: 2003-09-22 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-0775 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.58%). 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-2003-0775

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0775

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 1.97% 1.58% -0.39%
2 2025-03-29 1.58% 1.97% +0.39%
3 2025-03-17 — 1.58% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0775

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-0775

OS Trackers for CVE-2003-0775

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2003-0775 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (sane-backends), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0775
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-0775

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0775

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sane sane 1.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:sane:sane:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sane sane 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:sane:sane:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sane sane 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:sane:sane:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sane sane 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:sane:sane:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sane sane 1.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:sane:sane:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sane sane 1.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:sane:sane:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sane sane 1.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:sane:sane:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sane sane 1.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:sane:sane:1.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sane sane 1.0.7_beta1 cpe:2.3:a:sane:sane:1.0.7_beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sane sane 1.0.7_beta2 cpe:2.3:a:sane:sane:1.0.7_beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sane sane 1.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:sane:sane:1.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sane sane 1.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:sane:sane:1.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sane sane-backend 1.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:sane:sane-backend:1.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0775

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