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high 7.5

CVE-2003-0427 json

Buffer overflow in mikmod 3.1.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an archive file that contains a file with…

published 2003-06-20 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2003-0421

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.3%
EPSS 3.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 88%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Buffer overflow in mikmod 3.1.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an archive file that contains a file with a long filename.

Patch / fix

  • mikmod Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 3.1.6-6

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0427

  • mikmod RHEL 3 3.1.6-22.EL3
  • mikmod RHEL 4 3.1.6-32.EL4

red hat advisories RHSA-2005:506

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-2003-0427 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 mikmod 3.1.6-22.EL3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 mikmod 3.1.6-22.EL3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 mikmod 3.1.6-32.EL4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 mikmod 3.1.6-32.EL4 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 mikmod 3.1.6-22.EL3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 mikmod 3.1.6-32.EL4
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 mikmod 3.1.6-22.EL3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 mikmod 3.1.6-32.EL4
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2005:506

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

Exploit prediction

3.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 88% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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