CVE-2003-1441

Posadis 0.50.4 through 0.50.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a DNS message without a question section, which triggers null dereference.

Published: 2003-12-31 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-1441 is rated Moderate Risk (41.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.68%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-1441

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 2025-03-17 0.97% 0.68% -0.29%
2 2024-12-17 1.06% 0.97% -0.08%
3 2024-08-26 — 1.06% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-1441

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-1441

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-1441

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
posadis posadis 0.50.4 cpe:2.3:a:posadis:posadis:0.50.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
posadis posadis 0.50.5 cpe:2.3:a:posadis:posadis:0.50.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
posadis posadis 0.50.6 cpe:2.3:a:posadis:posadis:0.50.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
posadis posadis 0.50.7 cpe:2.3:a:posadis:posadis:0.50.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
posadis posadis 0.50.8 cpe:2.3:a:posadis:posadis:0.50.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-1441

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