CVE-2003-0744
Status: ModifiedMedium (5)—
The fetchnews NNTP client in leafnode 1.9.3 to 1.9.41 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process hang and termination) via certain malformed Usenet news articles that cause fetchnews to hang while waiting for input.
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Base score: 5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.84%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 78
- Score date: 10/5/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- NVD-CWE-Other
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/
- http://leafnode.sourceforge.net/leafnode-SA-2003-01.txt
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106270038210736&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/9678
- http://www.osvdb.org/6452
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8541
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/
- http://leafnode.sourceforge.net/leafnode-SA-2003-01.txt
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106270038210736&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/9678
- http://www.osvdb.org/6452
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8541
Raw JSON (NVD)
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