CVE-2003-0293

PalmOS - Denial of Service via ICMP Echo Request Flood

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2003-0293. PoCs published by Shaun Colley.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a denial-of-service (DoS) attack against PalmOS devices by flooding them with ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets. The code constructs raw ICMP packets and sends them in an infinite loop, causing the target device to become unstable or lose network connectivity.

Description

PalmOS allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a flood of ICMP echo request (ping) packets.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Shaun Colley · cdospalm_os
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/22602

This exploit demonstrates a denial-of-service (DoS) attack against PalmOS devices by flooding them with ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets. The code constructs raw ICMP packets and sends them in an infinite loop, causing the target device to become unstable or lose network connectivity.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: PalmOS (version not specified)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Raw socket permissions (requires root) · Network connectivity to the target device
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105293128612131&w=2

Scores

EPSS 0.0514
EPSS Percentile 91.3%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
palm/palmos
Published Jun 16, 2003
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026