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CVE-2003-0947 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in iwconfig, when installed setuid, allows l)

Buffer overflow in iwconfig, when installed setuid, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long OUT environment variable.

CVE IDCVE-2003-0947
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score7.2
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWECWE-120
StatusModified
Published2003-12-15
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionBuffer overflow in iwconfig, when installed setuid, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long OUT environment variable.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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