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CVE-2003-0966
Buffer overflow in the frm command in elm 2.5.6 and earlier, and possibly later versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary…
- 7.5HighCVSS base score
- 3.3%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 12% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Buffer overflow in the frm command in elm 2.5.6 and earlier, and possibly later versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long Subject line.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 9 months later
· 9 months later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 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 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.3% · top 12% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
4
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=112078 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- elm-frm-subject-bo(14840) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 9430 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- RHSA-2004:009 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2003-0956 (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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