CVE-2003-1119

SSH Secure Shell before 3.2.9 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via malformed BER/DER packets.

Published: 2003-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-1119 is rated Moderate Risk (48.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 2.05%). EPSS rose +1.34% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-1119

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 0.70% 2.05% +1.34%
2 2025-03-30 0.58% 0.70% +0.12%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.58% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-1119

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-2003-1119

OS Trackers for CVE-2003-1119

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2003-1119 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (openssh), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-1119

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-1119

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ssh secure_shell 3.1 cpe:2.3:a:ssh:secure_shell:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ssh secure_shell 3.2 cpe:2.3:a:ssh:secure_shell:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-1119

URL Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/333980 Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.ssh.com/company/newsroom/article/476/ Patch
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