7.5

CVE-2003-0166: php

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
Published 27-03-2003Last modified 08-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2003-0166 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in php. EPSS estimates a 14.12% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 5 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
43/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
14.12%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits5reference, exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 27-03-2003
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Integer signedness error in emalloc() function for PHP before 4.3.2 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) and possibly execute arbitrary code via negative arguments to functions such as (1) socket_recv, (2) socket_recvfrom, and possibly other functions.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

14.12%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

97%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 14.12% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
14.12%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

5 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (securityfocus.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • exploit-databasedosphpVerified

    PHP 4.3 - 'socket_iovec_alloc()' Integer Overflow

    Maturity: poc

Show all 5 exploits
  • exploit-databasedosphpVerified

    PHP 4.x - 'socket_recv()' Signed Integer Memory Corruption

    Maturity: poc

  • exploit-databasedosphpVerified

    PHP 4.x - 'socket_recvfrom()' Signed Integer Memory Corruption

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Php1 product
  • php4.0 | 4.0.1 | 4.0.2 | 4.0.3 | 4.0.4 | 4.0.5 | 4.0.6 | 4.0.7 | 4.1.0 | 4.1.1 | 4.1.2 | 4.2.0 | 4.2.1 | 4.2.2 | 4.2.3 | 4.3.0 | 4.3.1

1 vendor · 1 product

References

6 links