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medium 4.6

CVE-2003-0848 json

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 s…

published 2003-10-09 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2003-0839

cvss
4.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 62%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • slocate RHEL 3 2.7-3

red hat advisories RHSA-2004:041

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-2003-0848 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 slocate 2.7-3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 slocate 2.7-3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 slocate 2.7-3 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 slocate 2.7-3
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2004:041
  • Red Hat Linux 9
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2004:040

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

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-23228)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

0.99% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-23228 SLocate 2.6 - User-Supplied Database Heap Overflow local, 2003-10-06

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

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