CVE-2003-1518

Exp

Adiscon WinSyslog 4.21 SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long syslog message.

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-2003-1518 is rated High Exploit Risk (77.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.68%). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2003-1518

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
23242 exploit_db edb 2003-10-14 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-1518

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 3.02% 3.68% +0.67%
2 2025-03-29 3.68% 3.02% -0.67%
3 2025-03-17 — 3.68% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-1518

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C 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:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-1518

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-1518

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
adiscon winsyslog 4.21_sp1 cpe:2.3:a:adiscon:winsyslog:4.21_sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
adiscon winsyslog 5.0_beta cpe:2.3:a:adiscon:winsyslog:5.0_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-1518

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