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CVE-2003-0248

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2003-06-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The mxcsr code in Linux kernel 2.4 allows attackers to modify CPU state registers via a malformed address.

Affected products

• RedHat Linux: 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 8.0, 9.0

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-311
• http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-312
• http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-332
• http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-336
• http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-442
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:066
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:074
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-187.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-195.html
• http://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-41.txt
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A292
• http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-311

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