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critical 10.0

CVE-2003-0478 in the critical feed json

Format string vulnerability in (1) Bahamut IRCd 1.4.35 and earlier, and other IRC daemons based on Bahamut including (2) digatech 1.2.1, (3…

published 2003-06-28 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2003-0472

cvss
10.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
12.3%
EPSS 12.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

Format string vulnerability in (1) Bahamut IRCd 1.4.35 and earlier, and other IRC daemons based on Bahamut including (2) digatech 1.2.1, (3) methane 0.1.1, (4) AndromedeIRCd 1.2.3-Release, and (5) ircd-RU, when running in debug mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a request containing format strings.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-22839)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

12.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-22839 methane IRCd 0.1.1 - Remote Format String dos, 2003-06-27

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 10.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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