CVE-2003-0390
Multiple buffer overflows in Options Parsing Tool (OPT) shared library 3.18 and earlier, when used in setuid programs, may allow local…
- 4.6MediumCVSS base score
- 1.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 36% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in Options Parsing Tool (OPT) shared library 3.18 and earlier, when used in setuid programs, may allow local users to execute arbitrary code via long command line options that are fed into macros such as opt_warn_2, as used in functions such as opt_atoi.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
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Exploit-DB2 entries
- Libopt.a 3.1x - Error Logging Buffer Overflow (1) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 22537dos, linuxpublished 24 Apr 2003Verified
- Libopt.a 3.1x - Error Logging Buffer Overflow (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 22538local, linuxpublished 24 Apr 2003Verified
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Timeline
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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)
- 1.0% · top 36% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
3
- 20030523 Re: Options Parsing Tool library buffer overflows. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20030424 SRT2003-04-24-1532 - Options Parsing Tool library buffer overflows. (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://nis-www.lanl.gov/~jt/Software/opt/opt-3.19.tar.gz (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2003-0384 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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