CVE-2003-0032
Memory leak in libmcrypt before 2.5.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a large number of requests to the application, which causes libmcrypt to dynamically load
02 Description
Memory leak in libmcrypt before 2.5.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a large number of requests to the application, which causes libmcrypt to dynamically load
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.54% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 74.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2004-09-01 04:00Z22 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 01:43Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2003-01-12
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- a72c497cdaf69e68c3c75d60d035d993530111cbbdcc93a40ce8f2d4611616dd
05 Affected products
06 References
- marc.info20030103 Multiple libmcrypt vulnerabilitieshttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104162752401212&w=2
- marc.info20030105 GLSA: libmcrypthttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104188513728573&w=2
- www.debian.orgDSA-228http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-228
- distro.conectiva.com.brCLA-2003:567http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000567
- www.securityfocus.com6512http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6512
- www.iss.netlibmcrypt-libtool-memory-leak(10988)http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10988.php
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libmcrypt Fixed in 2.5.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libmcrypt Fixed in 2.5.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libmcrypt Fixed in 2.5.5-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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