7.5

CVE-2003-0849: gnu cfengine

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
Published 09-10-2003Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2003-0849 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in gnu cfengine. EPSS estimates a 10.90% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95.8% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded.

Overall risk
42/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
10.90%
0%100%
Medium · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits3exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 09-10-2003
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Buffer overflow in net.c for cfengine 2.x before 2.0.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain packets with modified length values, which is trusted by the ReceiveTransaction function when using a buffer provided by the BusyWithConnection function.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

10.90%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

96%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 10.90% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
10.90%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

3 found
  • exploit-databaseremotebsdVerified

    GNU CFEngine 2.-2.0.3 - Remote Stack Overflow

    Maturity: weaponized

  • exploit-databaseremotelinuxVerified

    GNU CFEngine 2.0.x - CFServD Transaction Packet Buffer Overrun (1)

    Maturity: weaponized

  • exploit-databaseremotelinuxVerified

    GNU CFEngine 2.0.x - CFServD Transaction Packet Buffer Overrun (2)

    Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Gnu1 product
  • cfengine2.0.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.2 | 2.0.3 | 2.0.4 | 2.0.5 | 2.0.5:b1 | 2.0.5:pre | 2.0.5:pre2 | 2.0.6 | 2.0.7 | 2.0.7:p1 | 2.0.7:p2 | 2.0.7:p3 | 2.1.0:a6 | 2.1.0:a8 | 2.1.0:a9

1 vendor · 1 product

References

3 links