CVE-2003-0132

Exp

A memory leak in Apache 2.0 through 2.0.44 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via large chunks of linefeed characters, which causes Apache to allocate 80 bytes for each linefeed.

Published: 2003-04-11 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-0132 is rated High Exploit Risk (71.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 86.68%, 100th percentile). 3 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.67% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. 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-2003-0132

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
11 exploit_db edb 2003-04-11 Exploit-DB ↗
9 exploit_db edb 2003-04-09 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0132

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 85.00% 86.68% +1.67%
2 2026-02-13 82.25% 85.00% +2.76%
3 2025-12-28 — 82.25% —

Full EPSS history (21 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0132

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.0 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-0132

OS Trackers for CVE-2003-0132

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2003-0132 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (apache2), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0132
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-0132

Vendor comments (NVD) for CVE-2003-0132

  • Apache (2008-07-02T00:00:00)

    Fixed in Apache HTTP Server 2.0.45: http://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_20.html

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0132

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
apache http_server >= 2.0.0, <= 2.0.44 cpe:2.3:a:apache:http_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0132

URL Tags
http://lists.apple.com/mhonarc/security-announce/msg00028.html Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104931360606484&w=2 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104982175321731&w=2 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104994239010517&w=2 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104994309010974&w=2 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105001663120995&w=2 Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105013378320711&w=2 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34920 Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/8499 Third Party Advisory
http://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=205147 Broken Link
http://www.idefense.com/advisory/04.08.03.txt Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/206537 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-139.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1233 Third Party Advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/54a42d4b01968df1117cea77fc53d6beb931c0e05936ad02af93e9ac%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/5df9bfb86a3b054bb985a45ff9250b0332c9ecc181eec232489e7f79%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0276683d8e1e07153fc8642618830ac0ade85b9ae0dc7b07f63bb8fc%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2cb985de917e7da0848c440535f65a247754db8b2154a10089e4247b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r5001ecf3d6b2bdd0b732e527654248abb264f08390045d30709a92f6%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r7035b7c9091c4b665a3b7205364775410646f12125d48e74e395f2ce%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8828e649175df56f1f9e3919938ac7826128525426e2748f0ab62feb%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9e8622254184645bc963a1d47c5d47f6d5a36d6f080d8d2c43b2b142%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd00b45b93fda4a5bd013b28587207d0e00f99f6e3308dbb6025f3b01%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re028d61fe612b0908595d658b9b39e74bca56f2a1ed3c5f06b5ab571%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A156 Third Party Advisory
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