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CVE-2003-0071

11
FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0071 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the xterm terminal emulator, specifically affecting XFree86 4.2.99.4 and earlier versions, where a specially crafted character escape sequence can trigger a tight loop. This vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, leading only to a partial denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.45%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
36.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0045 is in the 69th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 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, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 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 (8)

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
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 8.0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2003-0071Low

security flaw

Feb 24, 2003

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0093.html
Vendor Advisory
marc.info
debian.org / security/2003/dsa-380
iss.net / security_center/static/11415.php
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2003-064.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2003-065.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2003-066.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2003-067.html
securityfocus.com / bid/6950