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CVE-2003-0248

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0248 describes a critical vulnerability in the Linux kernel 2.4, specifically within the mxcsr code, which allows attackers to manipulate CPU state registers through a malformed address. This flaw carries a maximum CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a severe risk with network-based exploitation, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While affecting Red Hat Linux, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not a prevalent threat in the current landscape.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:9.0:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.72%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
88.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0372 is in the 80th 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)

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2003-0248Moderate

security flaw

Jun 3, 2003

References

oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A292
debian.org / security/2003/dsa-311
PatchVendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2003/dsa-312
debian.org / security/2003/dsa-332
debian.org / security/2003/dsa-336
debian.org / security/2004/dsa-442
mandriva.com / security/advisories
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2003-187.html
PatchVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2003-195.html
turbolinux.com / security/TLSA-2003-41.txt