ICAL.EXE in iCal 3.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed HTTP request, possibly due to an invalid method name.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2003-1263 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.80%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: 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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22118 | exploit_db | edb | 2003-01-03 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| 22117 | exploit_db | edb | 2003-01-03 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ | |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 11.36% | 8.80% | -2.56% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 8.80% | 11.36% | +2.56% |
| 3 | 2025-03-17 | — | 8.80% | — |
Full EPSS history (8 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.0 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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10.0 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| brown_bear_software | ical | 3.7 | cpe:2.3:a:brown_bear_software:ical:3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-01/0011.html | Exploit Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10973.php | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6505 | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6506 | Exploit Patch |