CVE-2003-0252
CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 15, 2003 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:01 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorNFS Utils
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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 16%
Description
Off-by-one error in the xlog function of mountd in the Linux NFS utils package (nfs-utils) before 1.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain RPC requests to mountd that do not contain newlines.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v < 1.0.4
Affected range stops below 1.0.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (19)
Mailing Listx_refsource_VULNWATCHBroken LinkVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0023.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_VULNWATCHBroken LinkVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/0024.htmlx_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://isec.pl/vulnerabilities/isec-0010-linux-nfs-utils.txtMailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105820223707191&w=2Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105830921519513&w=2Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105839032403325&w=2Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/9259VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKBroken LinkThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1007187CVSS
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-193
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