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CVE-2003-0073

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0073 describes a double-free vulnerability in the mysqld component of MySQL versions prior to 3.23.55. This flaw allows authenticated attackers to trigger a denial of service (crash) via the mysql_change_user function. With a CVSS score of 5.0, it is considered a medium-severity vulnerability, requiring network access and low attack complexity to achieve a partial impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Despite its age, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion, with 10 mentions, primarily on GitHub.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.23.31CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:3.23.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.23.36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:3.23.36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.23.41CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:3.23.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.23.47CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:3.23.47:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.23.52CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:oracle:mysql:3.23.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.99%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0299 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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 (10)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
View patch
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 9
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2003-0073Important

security flaw

Jan 23, 2003

References

distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
marc.info
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A436
debian.org / security/2003/dsa-303
PatchVendor Advisory
iss.net / security_center/static/11199.php
linuxsecurity.com / advisories/engarde_advisory-2873.html
mandrakesoft.com / security/advisories
mysql.com / doc/en/News-3.23.55.html
Vendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2003-093.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2003-094.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2003-166.html
securityfocus.com / bid/6718