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Fencer Vulns
low 3.7

CVE-2003-0924 json

netpbm 9.25 and earlier does not properly create temporary files, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files.

published 2004-02-17 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2003-0914

cvss
3.7
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 35%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

netpbm 9.25 and earlier does not properly create temporary files, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files.

Patch / fix

  • netpbm-free Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2:9.25-9

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0924

  • netpbm RHEL 3 9.24-11.30.1
  • netpbm-progs RHEL 3 9.24-11.30.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2004:031

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2003-0924 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 netpbm 9.24-11.30.1, netpbm-progs 9.24-11.30.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 netpbm 9.24-11.30.1, netpbm-progs 9.24-11.30.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 netpbm 9.24-11.30.1, netpbm-progs 9.24-11.30.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 netpbm 9.24-11.30.1, netpbm-progs 9.24-11.30.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2004:031
  • Red Hat Linux 9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2004:030

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 3.7 AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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