CVE-2003-0939

Exp

eo420_GetStringFromVarPart in veo420.c for SAP database server (SAP DB) 7.4.03.27 and earlier may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a connect packet with a 256 byte segment to the niserver (aka serv.exe) process on TCP port 7269, which prevents the server from NULL terminating the string and leads to a buffer overflow.

Published: 2003-12-15 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-0939 is rated High Exploit Risk (75.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.56%). 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-2003-0939

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0939

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 5.10% 4.56% -0.54%
2 2025-03-29 4.56% 5.10% +0.54%
3 2025-03-19 — 4.56% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0939

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-2003-0939

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0939

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sap sap_db <= 7.4.03.27 cpe:2.3:a:sap:sap_db:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0939

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