CVE-2003-0102
Buffer overflow in tryelf() in readelf.c of the file command allows attackers to execute arbitrary code as the user running file, possibly via a large entity size value in an ELF header
02 Description
Buffer overflow in tryelf() in readelf.c of the file command allows attackers to execute arbitrary code as the user running file, possibly via a large entity size value in an ELF header
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.98% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 80.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2004-09-01 04:00Z22 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 01:43Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2003-02-25
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- c894d9a051425769b08517d74756f83e7ec3be23e16cab66bac0534d5dd42d1a
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.idefense.comhttp://www.idefense.com/advisory/03.04.03.txt
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comfile-afctr-read-bo(11469)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11469
- ftp.netbsd.orgNetBSD-SA2003-003ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2003-003.txt.asc
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2003:087http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-087.html
- www.novell.comSuSE-SA:2003:017http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_017_file.html
- www.securityfocus.com7008http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7008
- marc.info20030304 iDEFENSE Security Advisory 03.04.03: Locally Exploitable Buffer Overflow in file(1)http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104680706201721&w=2
- lwn.netIMNX-2003-7+-012-01http://lwn.net/Alerts/34908/
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2003:086http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-086.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-260http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-260
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#611865http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/611865
- www.mandrakesoft.comMDKSA-2003:030http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:030
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- file Fixed in 3.40-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- file Fixed in 3.40-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- file Fixed in 3.40-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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