Vulnerability in Mcrypt Libmcrypt
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 algorithms via libtool.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.015 (73.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 73.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.015 · newest: 0.015 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Mcrypt Libmcrypt — versions 2.5.1_r4, 2.5.2, 2.5.3
References
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-228 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/ (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/6512 (vdb-entry)
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/10988.php (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)