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CVE-2003-0693
A "buffer management error" in buffer_append_space of buffer.c for OpenSSH before 3.7 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code…
High10.0EPSS 11.4%
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- Updated
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- mitre
Description
A "buffer management error" in buffer_append_space of buffer.c for OpenSSH before 3.7 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by causing an incorrect amount of memory to be freed and corrupting the heap, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-0695.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 11.4% · top 4.0% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (20)
- 1000620 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- 20030915 new ssh exploit? (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- 20030917 [OpenPKG-SA-2003.040] OpenPKG Security Advisory (openssh) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- openssh-packet-bo(13191) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_transferred
- DSA-383 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- 20030916 [slackware-security] OpenSSH Security Advisory (SSA:2003-259-01) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- http://www.openssh.com/txt/buffer.adv (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- RHSA-2003:280 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- CA-2003-24 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_transferred
- 20030915 openssh remote exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:2719 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_transferred
- 2003-0033 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- 20030916 The lowdown on SSH vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- DSA-382 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- 20030916 OpenSSH Buffer Management Bug Advisory (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
- MDKSA-2003:090 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:447 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_transferred
- RHSA-2003:279 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_transferred
- VU#333628 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20240701 CVE-2024-6387: RCE in OpenSSH's server, on glibc-based Linux systems (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .