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CVE-2003-0326
Integer overflow in parse_decode_path() of slocate may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a LOCATE_PATH with a large number of…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.40%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Integer overflow in parse_decode_path() of slocate may allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a LOCATE_PATH with a large number of ":" (colon) characters, whose count is used in a call to malloc.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 3 days later
· 3 days later
Published
- 21 years later
· 21 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.40% · top 65% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (2)
- 20030519 bazarr slocate (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 7629 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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