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CVE-2003-0028 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Integer overflow in the xdrmem_getbytes() function, and poss)

Integer overflow in the xdrmem_getbytes() function, and possibly other functions, of XDR (external data representation) libraries derived from SunRPC, including libnsl, libc, glibc, and dietlibc, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain integer values in length fields, a different vulnerability tha

CVE IDCVE-2003-0028
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score7.5
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2003-03-25
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionInteger overflow in the xdrmem_getbytes() function, and possibly other functions, of XDR (external data representation) libraries derived from SunRPC, including libnsl, libc, glibc, and dietlibc, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain integer values in length fields, a different vulnerability than CVE-2002-0391.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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