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medium 4.6

CVE-2003-1308 json

CRLF injection vulnerability in fvwm-menu-directory for fvwm 2.5.x before 2.5.10 and 2.4.x before 2.4.18 allows local users to execute arbi…

published 2003-12-31 22 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2003-1298

cvss
4.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.3%
EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 71%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

CRLF injection vulnerability in fvwm-menu-directory for fvwm 2.5.x before 2.5.10 and 2.4.x before 2.4.18 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via carriage returns in a filename.

Patch / fix

  • fvwm Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.5.10-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2003-1308

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-23414)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

1.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 71% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-23414 FVWM 2.4/2.5 - fvwm-menu-Directory Command Execution local, 2003-12-05
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9161 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.