CVE-2003-0418 Information disclosure in n/a

What is CVE-2003-0418?

CVE-2003-0418 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Jun 2003. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Linux 2.0 kernel IP stack does not properly calculate the size of an ICMP citation, which causes it to include portions of unauthorized memory in ICMP error responses.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-0418?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2003-0418?

No fix has been published for CVE-2003-0418 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2003-0418 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-0418 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-rrvm-c9w2-q588.