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CVE-2003-0128: ximian evolution

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2003-0128
Published 21-03-2003Last modified 08-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2003-0128 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in ximian evolution. EPSS estimates a 16.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
33/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
16.52%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference, exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 21-03-2003
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The try_uudecoding function in mail-format.c for Ximian Evolution Mail User Agent 1.2.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malicious uuencoded (UUE) header, possibly triggering a heap-based buffer overflow.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

16.52%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

97%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 16.52% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
16.52%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databasedoslinuxVerified

    Ximian Evolution 1.x - UUEncoding Denial of Service

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • evolution< 1.2.3
Ximian1 product
  • evolution1.0.3 | 1.0.4 | 1.0.5 | 1.0.6 | 1.0.7 | 1.0.8 | 1.1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2.1 | 1.2.2

2 vendors · 2 products

References

10 links