CVE-2003-0252 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2003-0252?

CVE-2003-0252 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 15 Jul 2003. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Off-by-one error in the xlog function of mountd in the Linux NFS utils package (nfs-utils) before 1.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via certain RPC requests to mountd that do not contain newlines.

Weakness: CWE-193

Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-0252?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux-Nfs Nfs-Utils.

How do I fix CVE-2003-0252?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2003-0252 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-0252 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2011-2500 Auth bypass in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2025-12801 Nfs-utils: rpc.mountd in the nfs-utils privilege escalation Medium 6.5
• CVE-2019-3689 nfs-utils: root-owned files stored in insecure /var/lib/nfs directory Medium 5.1
• CVE-2011-1749 Denial of service in n/a Low 3.3
• CVE-2013-1923 Information disclosure in n/a Low 3.2

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0252, DSA-349, GHSA-69rx-rcww-qf58.