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.
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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22290 | exploit_db | edb | 2003-02-26 | 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 | 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)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |