CVE-2003-0165
Format string vulnerability in Eye Of Gnome (EOG) allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a command line argument for the file to display.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 1.7%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Format string vulnerability in Eye Of Gnome (EOG) allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a command line argument for the file to display.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 1.68% probability · 77th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 28 March 2003
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- gnome/eog
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0157.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104887189724146&w=2
- http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=312&idxseccion=10
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/363001US Government Resource
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:048
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-128.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7121Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A52
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0157.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104887189724146&w=2
- http://www.coresecurity.com/common/showdoc.php?idx=312&idxseccion=10
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/363001US Government Resource
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:048
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-128.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7121Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A52
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.