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Medium
CVE-2003-0032
Memory leak in libmcrypt before 2.5.5 allows attackers to cause...
Vulnerability Description
Memory leak in libmcrypt before 2.5.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (memory exhaustion) via a large number of requests to the application, which causes libmcrypt to dynamically load algorithms via libtool.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Affected Vendor
mcrypt
View all reports →Affected Software
libmcrypt
Vulnerable Versions:
2.5.1_r4, 2.5.2, 2.5.3, 2.5_.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
September 1st, 2004
Last Modified:
August 8th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.