01 Record
CVE-2003-0955
OpenBSD kernel 3.3 and 3.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) and possibly execute arbitrary code in 3.4 via a program with an invalid header that is not properly handled
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
OpenBSD kernel 3.3 and 3.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (kernel panic) and possibly execute arbitrary code in 3.4 via a program with an invalid header that is not properly handled
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
- 1.13% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 66.4% 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
- 2003-11-21 05:00Z22 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 02:12Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2003-11-19
- 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
- a4948f99e4743152f66388c11f66ca4ae0086e62d77aea508d48df1e9f4a49d4
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.openbsd.org20031104 010: RELIABILITY FIX: November 4, 2003http://www.openbsd.org/errata33.html
- marc.infohttp://marc.info/?l=openbsd-security-announce&m=106917441524978&w=2
- www.securityfocus.com8978http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8978
- marc.infohttp://marc.info/?l=openbsd-security-announce&m=106808820119679&w=2
- lists.grok.org.uk20031104 OpenBSD kernel overflow, yet still *BSD much better than windowshttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-November/013315.html
- ftp.openbsd.org20031105 005: RELIABILITY FIX: November 4, 2003ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/3.4/common/005_exec.patch
- www.guninski.comhttp://www.guninski.com/msuxobsd2.html