Is CVE-2003-1544 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2003-1544 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2003-1544?

CVE-2003-1544 has a CVSS v2 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2003-1544?

CVE-2003-1544 has an EPSS score of 17.27% (97th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2003-1544

MEDIUMEPSS 97th pctl

6.8

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Unrestricted critical resource lock in Terminal Services for Windows 2000 before SP4 and Windows XP allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (reboot) by obtaining a read lock on msgina.dll, which prevents msgina.dll from being loaded.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

17.27%probability of exploitation in 30 days

97thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 97% of all known CVEs.

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/7959
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3654
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/815225/en-us
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/308059
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/308164
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6672
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1005986
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11141
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11816

Find and fix vulnerabilities across your fleet

TridentStack Control continuously scans your Windows, macOS, and Linux fleet for known vulnerabilities, prioritizes them by severity and active exploitation, and patches them automatically.

Start free

This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.