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high 7.5

CVE-2003-0028 in the critical feed json

Integer overflow in the xdrmem_getbytes() function, and possibly other functions, of XDR (external data representation) libraries derived f…

published 2003-03-21 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2003-0028

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
15.0%
EPSS 15.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Integer overflow in the xdrmem_getbytes() function, and possibly other functions, of XDR (external data representation) libraries derived from SunRPC, including libnsl, libc, glibc, and dietlibc, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain integer values in length fields, a different vulnerability than CVE-2002-0391.

Patch / fix

  • krb5 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.3.3-2
  • glibc Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.3.1-16
  • dietlibc Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 0.22-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0028

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2003-0028 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2003:052
  • Red Hat Linux 6.2 Red Hat Linux 7.0 Red Hat Linux 7.1 Red Hat Linux 7.2 Red Hat Linux 7.3 Red Hat Linux 8.0
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2003:051
  • Red Hat Linux 9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2003:091
  • Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2003:052

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

15.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • eeye.com http://www.eeye.com/html/Research/Advisories/AD20030318.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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