CVE-2003-0095

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 13.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2003-03-03 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Buffer overflow in ORACLE.EXE for Oracle Database Server 9i, 8i, 8.1.7, and 8.0.6 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long username that is provided during login, as exploitable through client applications that perform their own authentication, as demonstrated using LOADPSP.

Affected products

Oracle Database: 8.0.6, 9.2.1, 9.2.2
Oracle8I: 8.1.7, 8.1.7.1
Oracle9I: 9.0, 9.0.1, 9.0.1.2, 9.0.1.3, 9.0.2

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104549693426042&w=2
http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/2003alert51.pdf
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-05.html
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-046.shtml
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11328.php
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/953746
http://www.osvdb.org/6319
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6849
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104549693426042&w=2
http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/2003alert51.pdf
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-05.html
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-046.shtml

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