CVE-2003-0854
ls in the fileutils or coreutils packages allows local users to consume a large amount of memory via a large -w value, which can be…
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Description
ls in the fileutils or coreutils packages allows local users to consume a large amount of memory via a large -w value, which can be remotely exploited via applications that use ls, such as wu-ftpd.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- WU-FTPD 2.6.2 - 'wuftpd-freezer.c' Remote Denial of Service (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 115dos, linuxpublished 31 Oct 2003Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 115 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 15 days later
· 15 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 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 34% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (14)
- DSA-705 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- CLA-2003:771 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2005-213.pdf (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 115 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- CLA-2003:768 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVAx_transferred
- 20031022 Fun with /bin/ls, yet still ls better than windows (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- RHSA-2003:309 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- TLSA-2003-60 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_TURBOx_transferred
- RHSA-2003:310 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- IMNX-2003-7+-026-01 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_IMMUNIXx_transferred
- 17069 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.guninski.com/binls.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 10126 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- MDKSA-2003:106 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_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-2003-0845 (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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