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CVE-2003-1066

Buffer overflow in the syslog daemon for Solaris 2.6 through 9 allows remote attackers to cause a...

5.0 Medium

Buffer overflow in the syslog daemon for Solaris 2.6 through 9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (syslogd crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long syslog UDP packets.

Exploit likelihood

3.26%Down 1.0 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 5.0

Buffer overflow in the syslog daemon for Solaris 2.6 through 9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (syslogd crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long syslog UDP packets.

Record
CVE-2003-1066
CVSS 2.0
5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Buffer overflow in the syslog daemon for Solaris 2.6 through 9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (syslogd crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long syslog UDP packets.

Record
CVE-2003-1066
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2003-1056 No score

Buffer overflow in the syslog daemon for Solaris 2.6 through 9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (syslogd crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long syslog UDP packets.

Record
EUVD-2003-1056
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-hvw2-482p-wch6 No score

Buffer overflow in the syslog daemon for Solaris 2.6 through 9 allows remote attackers to cause a...

Buffer overflow in the syslog daemon for Solaris 2.6 through 9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (syslogd crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via long syslog UDP packets.

Record
GHSA-hvw2-482p-wch6
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2003-1066 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.0) in Sun Solaris, published December 31, 2003. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.26%, the 88th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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