CVE-2003-0096: Oracle Database Server

High severity, CVSS 9.0. EPSS: 15.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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 Server: version 8.0.6 only; version 9.2.1 only; version 9.2.2 only
• Oracle ORACLE8I: version 8.1.7 only; version 8.1.7.1 only
• Oracle ORACLE9I: version 9.0 only; version 9.0.1 only; version 9.0.1.2 only; version 9.0.1.3 only; version 9.0.2 only

Published 2003-03-03. Last modified 2026-06-16.