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CVE-2003-0045

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0045 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Apache Tomcat versions prior to 3.3.1a on specific Windows systems. An unauthenticated remote attacker can trigger a thread hang and resource exhaustion by requesting a JSP page named after an MS-DOS device, such as "aux.jsp". This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (medium severity), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:tomcat:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.49%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
83.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0249 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 23,684 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, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

mavenpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: org.apache.tomcat:tomcatFixed in: 3.3.1a

Vendor Advisories (1)

mavenGHSA-w97x-xfxf-f9xjmedium

Jakarta Tomcat Denial of Service vulnerability

Apr 29, 2022

References

jakarta.apache.org / builds/jakarta-tomcat/release/v3.3.1a/RELEASE-NOTES-3.3.1a.txt
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/12102