THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2003-0252
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2003-0252

Nfs Utils vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
15.8%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
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 vendor
Linux Nfs
Affected product
Nfs Utils
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2003-08-18

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 15.8% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2003-0252

  • Confirm whether Linux Nfs Nfs Utils is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2003-0252.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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