CVE-2003-1266

Exp

The (1) FTP, (2) POP3, (3) SMTP, and (4) NNTP servers in EServer 2.92 through 2.97, and possibly 2.98, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large amount of data.

Published: 2003-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-1266 is rated High Exploit Risk (72.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 12.26%, 94th percentile). 9 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +4.94% 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-2003-1266

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
22123 exploit_db edb 2003-01-04 Exploit-DB ↗
22122 exploit_db edb 2003-01-04 Exploit-DB ↗
22121 exploit_db edb 2003-01-04 Exploit-DB ↗
22124 exploit_db edb 2003-01-04 Exploit-DB ↗
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-1266

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 2025-08-24 7.32% 12.26% +4.94%
2 2025-03-30 8.17% 7.32% -0.85%
3 2025-03-29 — 8.17% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-1266

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-2003-1266

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-1266

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
etype eserv 2.92 cpe:2.3:a:etype:eserv:2.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
etype eserv 2.93 cpe:2.3:a:etype:eserv:2.93:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
etype eserv 2.94 cpe:2.3:a:etype:eserv:2.94:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
etype eserv 2.95 cpe:2.3:a:etype:eserv:2.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
etype eserv 2.96 cpe:2.3:a:etype:eserv:2.96:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
etype eserv 2.97 cpe:2.3:a:etype:eserv:2.97:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
etype eserv 2.98 cpe:2.3:a:etype:eserv:2.98:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-1266

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