CVE-2003-0222

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 11.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2003-05-12 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in Oracle Net Services for Oracle Database Server 9i release 2 and earlier allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a "CREATE DATABASE LINK" query containing a connect string with a long USING parameter.

Affected products

Oracle Database: 7.3.3, 7.3.4, 8.0.1, 8.0.2, 8.0.3, 8.0.4 (+8)
Oracle8I: 8.0.6, 8.0.6.3, 8.0x, 8.1.5, 8.1.6, 8.1.7 (+3)
Oracle9I: 9.0, 9.0.1, 9.0.1.2, 9.0.1.3, 9.0.1.4, 9.0.2 (+2)

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105162831008176&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=105163376015735&w=2
http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/2003alert54.pdf
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-085.shtml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7453
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11885
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105162831008176&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=105163376015735&w=2
http://otn.oracle.com/deploy/security/pdf/2003alert54.pdf
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-085.shtml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7453
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11885

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