CVE-2003-0833

Exp

Stack-based buffer overflow in webfs before 1.20 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code by creating directories that result in a long pathname.

Published: 2003-11-17 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-0833 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.9/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.41%, 93th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.39% 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-2003-0833

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
23196 exploit_db edb 2003-09-29 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0833

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 5.03% 6.41% +1.39%
2 2025-03-30 7.29% 5.03% -2.27%
3 2025-03-29 — 7.29% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0833

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-2003-0833

OS Trackers for CVE-2003-0833

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2003-0833 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (webfs), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0833

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0833

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
webfs webfs 1.17 cpe:2.3:a:webfs:webfs:1.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webfs webfs 1.18 cpe:2.3:a:webfs:webfs:1.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webfs webfs 1.19 cpe:2.3:a:webfs:webfs:1.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
webfs webfs 1.20 cpe:2.3:a:webfs:webfs:1.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0833

URL Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-392 Patch Vendor Advisory
cvelogic Threat Intelligence