CVE-2003-0886

Exp

Format string vulnerability in hfaxd for Hylafax 4.1.7 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Published: 2003-12-01 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-0886 is rated High Exploit Risk (93.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 12.06%, 96th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +4.63% 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-2003-0886

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
23371 exploit_db edb 2003-11-10 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0886

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 7.43% 12.06% +4.63%
2 2025-03-30 18.14% 7.43% -10.71%
3 2025-03-29 — 18.14% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0886

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-0886

OS Trackers for CVE-2003-0886

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2003-0886 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (hylafax), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0886

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0886

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
hylafax hylafax 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hylafax hylafax 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hylafax hylafax 4.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hylafax hylafax 4.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hylafax hylafax 4.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:4.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hylafax hylafax 4.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:4.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hylafax hylafax 4.1.7 cpe:2.3:a:hylafax:hylafax:4.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0886

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