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CVE-2003-0255

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0255 describes a critical vulnerability in GnuPG before version 1.2.2, where its key validation code incorrectly assigns the highest validity of any user ID to the entire key, failing to warn users when individual user IDs lack a trusted path. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a severe risk with network-based attacks, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and FAUCET Risk Score of 86/100, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:privacy_guard:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.56%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
93.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0656 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (9)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 2.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.1
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.2
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 8.0
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 9
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2003-0255Moderate

security flaw

May 4, 2003

References

distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
marc.info
marc.info
marc.info
marc.info
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/11930
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A135
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/397604
US Government Resource
linuxsecurity.com / advisories/engarde_advisory-3258.html
linuxsecurity.com / advisories/gentoo_advisory-3266.html
mandriva.com / security/advisories
osvdb.org / 4947
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2003-175.html
PatchVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2003-176.html
securityfocus.com / bid/7497
turbolinux.com / security/TLSA-2003-34.txt