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CVE-2003-0165 json

Format string vulnerability in Eye Of Gnome (EOG) allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a command line…

published 2003-03-29 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2003-0161

cvss
4.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.7%
EPSS 1.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 77%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Format string vulnerability in Eye Of Gnome (EOG) allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a command line argument for the file to display.

Patch / fix

  • eog Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.2.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0165

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2003-0165 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Linux 8.0 Red Hat Linux 9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2003:128

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-22376)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

1.68% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 77% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-22376 GNOME Eye Of Gnome 1.0.x/1.1.x/2.2 - Format String local, 2003-03-28
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7121 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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