CVE-2003-0096

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 15.9% 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

Multiple buffer overflows in Oracle 9i Database release 2, Release 1, 8i, 8.1.7, and 8.0.6 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long conversion string argument to the TO_TIMESTAMP_TZ function, (2) a long time zone argument to the TZ_OFFSET function, or (3) a long DIRECTORY parameter to the BFILENAME function.

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://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0073.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0075.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0083.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104549743326864&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104549782327321&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104550346303295&w=2
http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/2003alert48.pdf
http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/2003alert49.pdf
http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/2003alert50.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/11325.php

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