CVE-2003-0211

Exp

Memory leak in xinetd 2.3.10 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of rejected connections.

Published: 2003-05-05 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-0211 is rated High Exploit Risk (67.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 8.94%, 95th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). 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-2003-0211

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
22508 exploit_db edb 2003-04-18 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0211

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 9.29% 8.94% -0.35%
2 2025-03-30 11.56% 9.29% -2.27%
3 2025-03-29 — 11.56% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0211

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-2003-0211

OS Trackers for CVE-2003-0211

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2003-0211 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (xinetd), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0211
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-0211

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0211

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
xinetd xinetd 2.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xinetd xinetd 2.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xinetd xinetd 2.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xinetd xinetd 2.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xinetd xinetd 2.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xinetd xinetd 2.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xinetd xinetd 2.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xinetd xinetd 2.3.7 cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xinetd xinetd 2.3.8 cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xinetd xinetd 2.3.9 cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
xinetd xinetd 2.3.10 cpe:2.3:a:xinetd:xinetd:2.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0211

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