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CVE-2003-0740

4.6
CVSS v2.0 Base Score
0.70%
LOW RiskEPSS (49th percentile)
NVD-CWE-Other

Stunnel 4.00, and 3.24 and earlier, leaks a privileged file descriptor returned by listen(), which allows local users to hijack the Stunnel server.

Published: 10/20/2003
Modified: 6/16/2026
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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v2 Score

4.6

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

0.70%LOW Exploitation Risk
49th percentile

This vulnerability has a 0.70% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 49% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

NVD-CWE-Other

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