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CVE-2003-0465

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2003-0465 describes an information leak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's strncpy function, specifically affecting versions 2.4 and 2.5 on non-x86 architectures. The flaw stems from the function's failure to NUL-pad buffers, deviating from the expected libc behavior. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low complexity, potentially leading to the disclosure of sensitive information. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.86%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0186 is in the 65th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 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)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: kernel-0:2.4.21-15.EL
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2003-0465Low

security flaw

Jul 11, 2003

References

marc.info
marc.info
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10285
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2004-188.html
PatchVendor Advisory