01 Record
CVE-2003-0988
Buffer overflow in the VCF file information reader for KDE Personal Information Management (kdepim) suite in KDE 3.1.0 through 3.1.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a VCF file.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Buffer overflow in the VCF file information reader for KDE Personal Information Management (kdepim) suite in KDE 3.1.0 through 3.1.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a VCF file.
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
- 6.15% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 93.3% 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
- Important. 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 02:12Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2003-12-16
- 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
- 40177bea5b1e61303672f05690c908b3778de9b78a0cebb7ea373abcb59e417a
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:865https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A865
- marc.info20040114 KDE Security Advisory: VCF file information reader vulnerabilityhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107412130407906&w=2
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200404-02http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200404-02.xml
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:858https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A858
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comkde-kdepim-bo(14833)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14833
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2004:005http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-005.html
- distro.conectiva.com.brCLA-2004:810http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000810
- www.mandrakesoft.comMDKSA-2004:003http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:003
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#820798http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/820798
- www.kde.orghttp://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20040114-1.txt
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2004:006http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-006.html
- www.securityfocus.com9419http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9419