CVE-2003-0079

LOW 2.1CVE-2003-0079 · Published 03/03/2003 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2003-0079 is a LOW (CVSS 2.1) vulnerability affecting hanterm-xf (hanterm).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.39%, higher than 32.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
hanterm-xf hanterm	`= 2.0`	No fix yet

Description

The DEC UDK processing feature in the hanterm (hanterm-xf) terminal emulator before 2.0.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service via a certain character escape sequence that causes the terminal to enter a tight loop.

References

archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0093.html · Vendor Advisory
marc.info
iss.net/security_center/static/11415.php · Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org/4918
redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-070.html
redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-071.html
securityfocus.com/bid/6944

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