CVE-2003-0794

GDM 2.4.4.x before 2.4.4.4, and 2.4.1.x before 2.4.1.7, does not limit the number or duration of commands and uses a blocking socket connection, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) by sending commands and not reading the results.

Published: 2003-11-17 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-0794 is rated Low Risk (15.5/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0794

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 2023-03-07 0.95% 0.06% -0.89%
2 2022-02-04 — 0.95% —

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0794

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
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.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-0794

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0794

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnome gdm 2.2.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome gdm 2.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome gdm 2.4.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome gdm 2.4.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome gdm 2.4.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome gdm 2.4.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome gdm 2.4.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.4.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome gdm 2.4.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.4.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
gnome gdm 2.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:gdm:2.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0794

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