Is CVE-2003-1118 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2003-1118 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2003-1118?

CVE-2003-1118 has a CVSS v2 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2003-1118?

CVE-2003-1118 has an EPSS score of 18.22% (97th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2003-1118

HIGHEPSS 97th pctl

7.5

CVSS v2

NVD

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.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

18.22%probability of exploitation in 30 days

97thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 97% of all known CVEs.

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-April/004383.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/146785
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7292
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11731

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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.