CVE-2003-0502 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in Apple QuickTime / Darwin Streaming Server versions prior to 4.1.3g. Remote attackers can crash the server by sending a specially crafted request containing a ".. (dot dot) sequence followed by an MS-DOS device name (e.g., AUX) to HTTP port 1220. This vulnerability has a critical CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a severe impact with complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise, and requires no authentication or complex attack vectors. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness and potential interest.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.1.3gCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apple:darwin_streaming_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.