CVE-2003-0071

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2003-03-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

Xfree86 Project X11R6: 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.3, 4.1.0, 4.2.0, 4.2.1

References

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

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