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CVE-2003-0245

55
FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0245 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in the apr_psprintf function within the Apache Portable Runtime (APR) library, affecting Apache HTTP Server versions 2.0.37 through 2.0.45. This flaw allows remote attackers to crash the server and potentially execute arbitrary code by supplying excessively long strings, as demonstrated with XML objects to mod_dav. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) and a FAUCET Risk Score of 99/100, it indicates a high-risk, easily exploitable issue with potential for significant impact. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog, exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and its EPSS score suggests a high likelihood of exploitation, despite minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.0.37CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:2.0.37:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.38CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:2.0.38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.39CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:2.0.39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.40CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:2.0.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0.41CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:2.0.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
62.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-38 · Jun 8, 2003
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.6236 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 23,703 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 (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 8.0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2003-0245

security flaw

May 28, 2003

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/vulnwatch/2003-q2/0095.html
distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
marc.info
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/12090
lists.apache.org / thread.html/54a42d4b01968df1117cea77fc53d6beb931c0e05936ad02af93e9ac%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/5df9bfb86a3b054bb985a45ff9250b0332c9ecc181eec232489e7f79%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r0276683d8e1e07153fc8642618830ac0ade85b9ae0dc7b07f63bb8fc%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r2cb985de917e7da0848c440535f65a247754db8b2154a10089e4247b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r5001ecf3d6b2bdd0b732e527654248abb264f08390045d30709a92f6%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r7035b7c9091c4b665a3b7205364775410646f12125d48e74e395f2ce%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r8828e649175df56f1f9e3919938ac7826128525426e2748f0ab62feb%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r9e8622254184645bc963a1d47c5d47f6d5a36d6f080d8d2c43b2b142%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/raa117ef183f0da9b3f46efbeaa66f7622bd68868a450cae4fd8ed594%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/re028d61fe612b0908595d658b9b39e74bca56f2a1ed3c5f06b5ab571%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
lists.apache.org / thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
apache.org / dist/httpd/Announcement2.html
PatchVendor Advisory
idefense.com / advisory/05.30.03.txt
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/757612
Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2003-186.html
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/7723