CVE-2003-0015 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 23.9% (pctl 98)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Double-free vulnerability in CVS 1.11.4 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed Directory request, as demonstrated by bypassing write checks to execute Update-prog and Checkin-prog commands.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 23.87% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-415 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2003-02-07 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| cvs | cvs |
| freebsd | freebsd |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | CVS 1.11.x - Directory Request Double-Free Heap Corruption | 2003-01-20 |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0028.html
- http://ccvs.cvshome.org/servlets/NewsItemView?newsID=51&JServSessionIdservlets=5of2iuhr14
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104333092200589&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104342550612736&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104428571204468&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104438807203491&w=2
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2003-013.html
- http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/012003.html
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-02.html
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-032.shtml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-233
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/650937
- http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:009
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-012.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6650
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11108
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0028.html
- http://ccvs.cvshome.org/servlets/NewsItemView?newsID=51&JServSessionIdservlets=5of2iuhr14
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104333092200589&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104342550612736&w=2
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