When was CVE-2003-0159 disclosed?

CVE-2003-0159 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on April 2, 2003, with the most recent update on April 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2003-0159 actively exploited?

CVE-2003-0159 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 85.4% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2003-0159?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2003-0159, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2003-0159

NONECVSS 0.0

0.0

Heap-based buffer overflow in the NTLMSSP code for Ethereal 0.9.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: —
EPSS: 85.4%
KEV: Not listed

References (14)

cve@mitrehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104741640924709&w=2
cve@mitrehttp://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00008.html
cve@mitrehttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:051
cve@mitrehttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_019_ethereal.html
cve@mitrehttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-077.html
cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7050
cve@mitrehttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A55
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104741640924709&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ethereal.com/appnotes/enpa-sa-00008.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:051
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_019_ethereal.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-077.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7050
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A55

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