CVE-2003-1266
The (1) FTP, (2) POP3, (3) SMTP, and (4) NNTP servers in EServer 2.92 through 2.97, and possibly 2.98, allow remote attackers to cause a…
- 5.0MediumCVSS base score
- 3.9%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 9.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 4Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The (1) FTP, (2) POP3, (3) SMTP, and (4) NNTP servers in EServer 2.92 through 2.97, and possibly 2.98, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a large amount of data.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 4 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits4
Exploit-DB4 entries
- EType EServ 2.9x - FTP Remote Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 22121dos, windowspublished 4 Jan 2003Verified
- EType EServ 2.9x - POP3 Remote Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 22122dos, windowspublished 4 Jan 2003Verified
- EType EServ 2.9x - SMTP Remote Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 22123dos, windowspublished 4 Jan 2003Verified
- EType EServ 1.9x - NNTP Remote Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 22124dos, windowspublished 4 Jan 2003Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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Published
- 19 years later
· 19 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 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.9% · top 9.5% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
6
- 6519 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20030104 EServ/2.97 remote DoS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 6521 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 6522 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- eserv-remote-data-dos(10975) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 6520 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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-2003-1256 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2003-1266)Record last updated .