Vulnerability record · CVE-2003-1118 · published 31 December 2003
CVE-2003-1118: University of california seti at home vulnerability
University Of California · Seti At Home
Buffer overflow in the SETI@home client 3.03 and other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client crash) and execute arbitrary code via a spoofed server response containing a long string followed by a \n (newline) character.
Description
Buffer overflow in the SETI@home client 3.03 and other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (client crash) and execute arbitrary code via a spoofed server response containing a long string followed by a \n (newline) character.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Affected products
1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-April/004383.html | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/146785 | PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7292 | Patch |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11731 | |
| http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-April/004383.html | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/146785 | PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7292 | Patch |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11731 |
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Related vulnerabilities
Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2003-1118), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.
