CVE-2003-0015

Exp

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.

Published: 2003-02-07 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2003-0015 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.1/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 23.87%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2003-0015

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
22187 exploit_db edb 2003-01-20 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0015

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 37.01% 23.87% -13.14%
2 2026-05-07 37.75% 37.01% -0.74%
3 2026-01-07 37.75%

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0015

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-0015

OS Trackers for CVE-2003-0015

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2003-0015 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (cvs), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0015
redhat critical https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-0015
ubuntu medium CVE-2003-0015 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (cvs), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2003-0015

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0015

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
freebsd freebsd 4.4 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 4.5 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 4.6 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 4.7 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.10.7 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.10.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.10.8 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.10.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.1 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.1p1 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.1p1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.2 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.3 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cvs cvs 1.11.4 cpe:2.3:a:cvs:cvs:1.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0015

URL Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0028.html
http://ccvs.cvshome.org/servlets/NewsItemView?newsID=51&JServSessionIdservlets=5of2iuhr14 Broken Link
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 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/012003.html Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-02.html US Government Resource
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 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
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
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