CVE-2003-0248
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 3.7%EU EUVD
The mxcsr code in Linux kernel 2.4 allows attackers to modify CPU state registers via a malformed address.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 3.7% (90th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2003-0243)
- Published
- June 16, 2003
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2003-0243 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 8, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
- redhat / linux
Certified products that may be affected
3 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 7.1 - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0949-2017 - archived
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 7.1 - Red Hat, Inc. - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0999-2016 - archived
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.6 OpenSSL Module, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.1 OpenSSL Module - Red Hat®, Inc. - FIPS 140 2441 - historical
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-311(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- 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(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- 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
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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