CVE-2003-0793 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in GDM versions 2.4.4.x before 2.4.4.4 and 2.4.1.x before 2.4.1.7. Attackers can exploit this by providing oversized input, leading to excessive memory consumption and system unavailability. The vulnerability has a low severity CVSS score (2.1) with local access required and only impacts availability. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or media coverage, though it has received some community discussion.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.2.5.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.4.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.