CVE-2003-1118

HighCVSS 7.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Buffer overflow in the SETI@home client 3.03 and other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client crash) and execute arbitrary code via a spoofed server response containing a long string followed by a \n (newline) character.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.5/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Dec 31, 2003
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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