Linux Kernel CVE Statistics

6 Linux Kernel CVEs in December 2003

Full month · Source: NIST NVD

November 2003 January 2004

In December 2003, 6 Linux kernel CVEs were published, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 3 were rated High severity and 1 Medium. No CVEs from this month have been confirmed as actively exploited via the CISA KEV catalog. December's 6 CVEs represent 33% of all 2003 Linux kernel CVEs .

6
Total CVEs
0
Critical
3
High
1
Medium
2
Low
0
KEV Exploited
All CVEs — December 2003 6 CVEs
All (6) Critical (0) High (3) Medium (1) Low (2)
CVE ID Package Severity CVSS Published Description
CVE-2003-0959 linux High 10.0 2003-12-31 Multiple integer overflows in the 32bit emulation for AMD64 architectures in Linux 2.4 kernel before 2.4.21 allows atta…
CVE-2003-1161 linux High 7.2 2003-12-31 exit.c in Linux kernel 2.6-test9-CVS, as stored on kernel.bkbits.net, was modified to contain a backdoor, which could a…
CVE-2003-0961 linux High 7.2 2003-12-15 Integer overflow in the do_brk function for the brk system call in Linux kernel 2.4.22 and earlier allows local users t…
CVE-2003-1288 linux Medium 5.0 2003-12-31 Multiple race conditions in Linux-VServer 1.22 with Linux kernel 2.4.23 and SMP allow local users to cause a denial of …
CVE-2003-0956 linux Low 2.6 2003-12-31 Multiple race conditions in the handling of O_DIRECT in Linux kernel prior to version 2.4.22 could cause stale data to …
CVE-2003-0986 linux Low 1.7 2003-12-31 Various routines for the ppc64 architecture on Linux kernel 2.6 prior to 2.6.2 and 2.4 prior to 2.4.24 do not use the c…

Frequently Asked Questions

How many Linux kernel CVEs were published in December 2003?

6 Linux kernel CVEs were published in December 2003, sourced from the NIST National Vulnerability Database. Of these, 0 were rated Critical severity, 3 High, and 1 Medium.

How does December 2003 compare to other months?

December 2003's 6 CVEs represent 33% of all 2003 Linux kernel CVEs. View the full 2003 breakdown →

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