CVE-2003-0102

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CVSS v3.1

N/A

EPSS

1.98%

Published

Mar 18, 2003

Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Public PoC / Exploit (3)

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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).

Affected Products (15)

file · filevulnerable

netbsd · netbsdvulnerable

References (20)

ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2003-003.txt.asc

http://lwn.net/Alerts/34908/

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104680706201721&w=2

http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-260

http://www.idefense.com/advisory/03.04.03.txt

ExploitPatchVendor Advisory

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/611865

US Government Resource

http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:030

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2003_017_file.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-086.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2003-087.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7008

PatchVendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11469