{"id":"CVE-2003-0705","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2003-0705","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:51:08.970Z","title":"Buffer overflow in mah-jong 1.5.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.","description":"Buffer overflow in mah-jong 1.5.6 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.","published":"2003-09-17T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T22:02:41.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["nicolas boullis/mah-jong"],"epss":{"score":0.05054,"percentile":0.92248,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2003-09-07","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":23115,"kind":"exploit","title":"Mah-Jong 1.4 - Client/Server Remote sscanf() Buffer Overflow","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23115","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/remote/23115.c","file":"exploits/linux/remote/23115.c","published":"2003-09-07","added":"2003-09-07","updated":"2012-12-03","author":"V9","type":"remote","platform":"linux","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2003-0705","OSVDB-6586"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8557/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 5.1%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-378","tags":["Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-378","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0705","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}