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 ID | CVE-2003-0102 |
|---|---|
| Severity | MEDIUM |
| CVSS score | 4.6 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2003-03-18 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | 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). |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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