CVE-2004-0238
Multiple buffer overflows in Overkill (0verkill) 0.15pre3 might allow local users to execute arbitrary code in the client via a long HOME environment...
- Published
- Mar 18, 2004
- Updated
- Aug 8, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Feb 2, 2004
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 92.1%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
Multiple buffer overflows in Overkill (0verkill) 0.15pre3 might allow local users to execute arbitrary code in the client via a long HOME environment variable in the (1) load_cfg and (2) save_cfg functions; possibly allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long strings to (3) the send_message function; and, in the server, via (4) the parse_command_line function.
Sources
1pi3ki31ny · linux · Feb 2, 2004
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