CVE-2003-0947
HighPublished
Buffer overflow in iwconfig, when installed setuid, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long OUT environment variable.
- Published
- Nov 18, 2003
- Updated
- Aug 8, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Oct 27, 2003
Primary CVSS
7.2/ 10High
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C1.3%
Low · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 68.7%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
Buffer overflow in iwconfig, when installed setuid, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long OUT environment variable.
Sources
4Qnix · linux · Sep 14, 2005
axis · linux · Oct 27, 2003
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