The fetchnews NNTP client in leafnode 1.9.3 to 1.9.41 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process hang and termination) via certain malformed Usenet news articles that cause fetchnews to hang while waiting for input
Published Sep 6, 2003
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.84%
Description
The fetchnews NNTP client in leafnode 1.9.3 to 1.9.41 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (process hang and termination) via certain malformed Usenet news articles that cause fetchnews to hang while waiting for input.
Affected products
No data.
- 1.9.19
- 1.9.20
- 1.9.21
- 1.9.22
- 1.9.23
- 1.9.24
- 1.9.25
- 1.9.26
- 1.9.27
- 1.9.29
- 1.9.30
- 1.9.31
- 1.9.35
- 1.9.36
- 1.9.37
- 1.9.38
- 1.9.39
- 1.9.40
- 1.9.41
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.84% (0.01844) | 78.25th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.80% (0.01798) | 75.55th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.27% (0.01271) | 78.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.54% (0.01536) | 87.62th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2024 | 1.54% (0.01536) | 87.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01536) | 85.02th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (6)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/ mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCHVendor Advisory
- http://leafnode.sourceforge.net/leafnode-SA-2003-01.txt x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106270038210736&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://secunia.com/advisories/9678 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.osvdb.org/6452 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8541 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q3/ | mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCHVendor Advisory | |
| http://leafnode.sourceforge.net/leafnode-SA-2003-01.txt | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106270038210736&w=2 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/9678 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/6452 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8541 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID |
Change history (0)
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