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high 7.5

CVE-2003-0977 json

CVS server before 1.11.10 may allow attackers to cause the CVS server to create directories and files in the file system root directory via…

published 2003-12-10 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2003-0967

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.5%
EPSS 2.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

CVS server before 1.11.10 may allow attackers to cause the CVS server to create directories and files in the file system root directory via malformed module requests.

Patch / fix

  • cvs Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1:1.11.10

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0977

  • cvs RHEL 3 1.11.2-14

red hat advisories RHSA-2004:004

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-2003-0977 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 cvs 1.11.2-14 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 cvs 1.11.2-14 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 cvs 1.11.2-14 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 cvs 1.11.2-14
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2004:004
  • Red Hat Linux 9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2004:003

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

2.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

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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