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CVE-2003-0848 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (Heap-based buffer overflow in main.c of slocate 2.6, and pos)

Heap-based buffer overflow in main.c of slocate 2.6, and possibly other versions, may allow local users to gain privileges via a modified slocate database that causes a negative "pathlen" value to be used.

CVE IDCVE-2003-0848
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score4.6
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2003-11-17
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in main.c of slocate 2.6, and possibly other versions, may allow local users to gain privileges via a modified slocate database that causes a negative "pathlen" value to be used.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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