DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0032

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0032
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0032.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0032
Upstream
Downstream
Published
2003-01-17T05:00:00Z
Modified
2026-03-11T05:55:50.898011Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / libmcrypt

Package

Name
libmcrypt
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libmcrypt?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.5.5-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0032.json"

Debian:12 / libmcrypt

Package

Name
libmcrypt
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libmcrypt?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.5.5-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0032.json"

Debian:13 / libmcrypt

Package

Name
libmcrypt
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libmcrypt?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.5.5-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0032.json"

Debian:14 / libmcrypt

Package

Name
libmcrypt
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libmcrypt?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.5.5-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0032.json"