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CVE-2003-0102 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in tryelf() in readelf.c of the file command)

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 (elfhdr.e_shentsize).

CVE IDCVE-2003-0102
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score4.6
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2003-03-18
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionBuffer 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 (elfhdr.e_shentsize).
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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