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CVE-2003-0096
Multiple buffer overflows in Oracle 9i Database release 2, Release 1, 8i, 8.1.7, and 8.0.6 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary…
High9.0EPSS 15.9%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in Oracle 9i Database release 2, Release 1, 8i, 8.1.7, and 8.0.6 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long conversion string argument to the TO_TIMESTAMP_TZ function, (2) a long time zone argument to the TZ_OFFSET function, or (3) a long DIRECTORY parameter to the BFILENAME function.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 days later
· 3 days later
Published
- 21 years later
· 21 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 15.9% · top 3.1% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (23)
- http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/2003alert48.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.nextgenss.com/advisories/ora-tmstmpbo.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20030217 Oracle bfilename function buffer overflow vulnerability (#NISR16022003e) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCHx_transferred
- 20030217 Oracle TZ_OFFSET Remote System Buffer Overrun (#NISR16022003c) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCHx_transferred
- VU#743954 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 6850 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20030217 Oracle TO_TIMESTAMP_TZ Remote System Buffer Overrun (#NISR16022003b) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oracle-bfilename-directory-bo(11325) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- VU#840666 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- CA-2003-05 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/2003alert50.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- N-046 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
- oracle-totimestamptz-bo(11327) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/2003alert49.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.nextgenss.com/advisories/ora-bfilebo.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 6847 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- oracle-tzoffset-bo(11326) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.nextgenss.com/advisories/ora-tzofstbo.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20030217 Oracle unauthenticated remote system compromise (#NISR16022003a) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCHx_transferred
- 6848 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20030217 Oracle bfilename function buffer overflow vulnerability (#NISR16022003e) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- VU#663786 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 20030217 Oracle TZ_OFFSET Remote System Buffer Overrun (#NISR16022003c) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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