CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2003-0032

MEDIUMEPSS 72th pctl
5.0
CVSS v2
NVD

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 algorithms via libtool.

How to fix

Remediation Available
libmcryptDebian
Fixed in:2.5.5-1CVE-2003-0032
Fixed in:2.5.5-1CVE-2003-0032
Fixed in:2.5.5-1CVE-2003-0032
Fixed in:2.5.5-1CVE-2003-0032

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

1.54%probability of exploitation in 30 days
72ndpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 72% of all known CVEs.

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