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CVE-2003-0213
ctrlpacket.c in PoPToP PPTP server before 1.1.4-b3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a length field of 0 or 1,…
High7.5EPSS 70.9%
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- mitre
Description
ctrlpacket.c in PoPToP PPTP server before 1.1.4-b3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a length field of 0 or 1, which causes a negative value to be fed into a read operation, leading to a buffer overflow.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 70.9% · top 0.6% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (9)
- 20030418 Exploit for PoPToP PPTP server (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- SuSE-SA:2003:029 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- VU#673993 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 7316 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=138437 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- DSA-295 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 20030422 Re: Exploit for PoPToP PPTP server - Linux version (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20030409 PoPToP PPTP server remotely exploitable buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20030428 GLSA: pptpd (200304-08) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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