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CVE-2003-0548: gnome gdm

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
Published 22-08-2003Last modified 08-08-2024

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2003-0548 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in gnome gdm. EPSS estimates a 1.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 73.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
20/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.47%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 22-08-2003
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The X Display Manager Control Protocol (XDMCP) support for GDM before 2.4.1.6 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (daemon crash) when a chosen host expires, a different issue than CVE-2003-0549.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.47%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

73%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.47% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
1.47%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Redhat3 products
Gnome1 product
  • gdm2.20 | 2.4.1 | 2.4.1.1 | 2.4.1.2 | 2.4.1.3 | 2.4.1.4 | 2.4.1.5 | 2.4.1.6

2 vendors · 4 products

References

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