Is CVE-2003-0831 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2003-0831 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2003-0831?

CVE-2003-0831 has a CVSS v2 base score of 9.0 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2003-0831?

CVE-2003-0831 has an EPSS score of 55.12% (99th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2003-0831

HIGHEPSS 99th pctl

9.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

ProFTPD 1.2.7 through 1.2.9rc2 does not properly translate newline characters when transferring files in ASCII mode, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a buffer overflow using certain files.

CWE-119Buffer Overflow

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

55.12%probability of exploitation in 30 days

99thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 99% of all known CVEs.

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-October/012072.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106441655617816&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106606885611269&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/9829
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/405348
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:095
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/alerts/id/154
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/12200
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/107/

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.