CVE-2003-1208

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 13.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2004-12-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in Oracle 9i 9 before 9.2.0.3 allow local users to execute arbitrary code by (1) setting the TIME_ZONE session parameter to a long value, or providing long parameters to the (2) NUMTOYMINTERVAL, (3) NUMTODSINTERVAL or (4) FROM_TZ functions.

Affected products

Oracle9I: enterprise_9.0.1, enterprise_9.2.0, enterprise_9.2.0.1, enterprise_9.2.0.2, personal_9.0.1, personal_9.2 (+11)

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2004-q1/0030.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/10805
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-093.shtml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/240174
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/399806
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/819126
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/846582
http://www.nextgenss.com/advisories/ora_from_tz.txt
http://www.nextgenss.com/advisories/ora_numtodsinterval.txt
http://www.nextgenss.com/advisories/ora_numtoyminterval.txt
http://www.nextgenss.com/advisories/ora_time_zone.txt
http://www.osvdb.org/3837

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