Vulnerability Report

CVE-2003-0793

Title: GDM memory consumption DoS

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2003-0793.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Nov 17, 2003

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 2.1 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.41%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2003-0793: GDM 2.4.4.x before 2.4.4.4, and 2.4.1.x before 2.4.1.7, does not restrict the size of input, which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption).

Impacted Vendors

gnome 1

Reference Links

http://cvs.gnome.org/bonsai/cvsblame.cgi?file=gdm2/NEWS&rev=&root=/cvs/gnome http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000766 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:100 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8846 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13447 http://cvs.gnome.org/bonsai/cvsblame.cgi?file=gdm2/NEWS&rev=&root=/cvs/gnome http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000766 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:100 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8846 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13447

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-2003-0793 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.

November 17, 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.