CVE-2003-1355

Exp

Buffer overflow in the remote console (rcon) in Battlefield 1942 1.2 and 1.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long user name and password.

Published: 2003-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2003-1355 is rated High Exploit Risk (79.6/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 28.77%, 97th percentile). Core evidence: 2 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.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2003-1355

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
22290 exploit_db edb 2003-02-26 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-1355

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 2026-06-02 28.01% 28.77% +0.76%
2 2026-03-06 5.16% 28.01% +22.85%
3 2025-11-08 5.16%

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-1355

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-2003-1355

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-1355

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
electronic_arts battlefield_1942 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:electronic_arts:battlefield_1942:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
electronic_arts battlefield_1942 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:electronic_arts:battlefield_1942:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-1355

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