When was CVE-2003-0246 disclosed?

CVE-2003-0246 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on June 16, 2003, with the most recent update on April 16, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.

Is CVE-2003-0246 actively exploited?

CVE-2003-0246 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 31.0% percentile likelihood of exploitation in the next 30 days — higher percentiles indicate greater predicted risk.

How do I remediate CVE-2003-0246?

Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2003-0246, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

CVE-2003-0246

NONECVSS 0.0

0.0

The ioperm system call in Linux kernel 2.4.20 and earlier does not properly restrict privileges, which allows local users to gain read or write access to certain I/O ports.

CVSS v3: —
EG Score: —
EPSS: 31.0%
KEV: Not listed

References (26)

cve@mitrehttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q2/0076.html
cve@mitrehttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105301461726555&w=2
cve@mitrehttp://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-311
cve@mitrehttp://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-312
cve@mitrehttp://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-332
cve@mitrehttp://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-336
cve@mitrehttp://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-442
cve@mitrehttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:066
cve@mitrehttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:074
cve@mitrehttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-147.html
cve@mitrehttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-172.html
cve@mitrehttp://www.turbolinux.com/security/TLSA-2003-41.txt
cve@mitrehttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A278
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q2/0076.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105301461726555&w=2

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