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CVE-2003-1518

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2003-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Adiscon WinSyslog 4.21 SP1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a long syslog message.

Affected products

• Adiscon Winsyslog: 4.21_sp1, 5.0_beta

References

• http://www.adiscon.com/Common/en/advisory/2003-09-15.asp
• http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/6L00F158KE.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8821
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13428
• http://www.adiscon.com/Common/en/advisory/2003-09-15.asp
• http://www.securiteam.com/windowsntfocus/6L00F158KE.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8821
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13428

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