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.
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.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22187 | exploit_db | edb | 2003-01-20 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7.5 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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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
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critical | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-0015 |
ubuntu
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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 |
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |