Vulnerability Report

CVE-2003-0071

Title: XFree86 xterm DEC UDK processing character escape sequence DoS

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2003-0071.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Mar 03, 2003

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 2.1 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.42%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2003-0071: The DEC UDK processing feature in the xterm terminal emulator in XFree86 4.2.99.4 and earlier allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a certain character escape sequence that causes the terminal to enter a tight loop.

Impacted Vendors

xfree86_project 1

x.org 1

Reference Links

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0093.html http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104612710031920&w=2 http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-380 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11415.php http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-064.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-065.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-066.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-067.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6950 http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0093.html http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104612710031920&w=2 http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-380 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/11415.php http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-064.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-065.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-066.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-067.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6950

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

2.1

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2003-0071 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

March 03, 2003 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.