# CVE-2003-0693

## Summary

- **CVE ID:** CVE-2003-0693
- **Severity:** UNKNOWN
- **CVSS Score:** 1.07
- **CWE:** N/A
- **Published:** Sep 17, 2003
- **Last Modified:** Mar 16, 2026

## Description

A "buffer management error" in buffer_append_space of buffer.c for OpenSSH before 3.7 may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by causing an incorrect amount of memory to be freed and corrupting the heap, a different vulnerability than CVE-2003-0695.

## Affected Products

- n/a — n/a (n/a)

## References

- [CNA](http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1000620.1-1)
- [CNA](http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/010103.html)
- [CNA](http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106381409220492&w=2)
- [CNA](https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13191)
- [CNA](http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-383)
- [CNA](http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106374466212309&w=2)
- [CNA](http://www.openssh.com/txt/buffer.adv)
- [CNA](http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-280.html)
- [CNA](http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2003-24.html)
- [CNA](http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/010135.html)
- [CNA](https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A2719)
- [CNA](http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106381396120332&w=2)
- [CNA](http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2003-September/010146.html)
- [CNA](http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-382)
- [CNA](http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106373247528528&w=2)
- [CNA](http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:090)
- [CNA](https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A447)
- [CNA](http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106373546332230&w=2)
- [CNA](http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/333628)
- [CNA](http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/07/01/3)

## Exploitation Prediction (EPSS)

- **EPSS Score:** 26.82%
- **EPSS Percentile:** 96.2

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_Exported from OnDuty AI Vulnerability Intelligence on 2026-09-18._