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CVE-2003-1118 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in the SETI@home client 3.03 and other versi)

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.

CVE IDCVE-2003-1118
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score7.5
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2003-12-31
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionBuffer 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.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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