CVE-2003-0991

Unknown vulnerability in the mail command handler in Mailman before 2.0.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via malformed e-mail commands.

Published: 2004-03-03 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-0991 is rated Moderate Risk (47.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.94%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0991

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 1.58% 1.94% +0.36%
2 2025-03-30 1.97% 1.58% -0.39%
3 2025-03-29 — 1.97% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0991

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-2003-0991

OS Trackers for CVE-2003-0991

vendor priority summary link
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-0991

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0991

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnu mailman 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu mailman 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu mailman 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu mailman 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.0:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu mailman 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.0:beta4:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu mailman 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.0:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu mailman 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu mailman 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu mailman 2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu mailman 2.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu mailman 2.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu mailman 2.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu mailman 2.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu mailman 2.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu mailman 2.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu mailman 2.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu mailman 2.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu mailman 2.0.12 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu mailman 2.0.13 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnu mailman 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi propack 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:sgi:propack:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0991

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