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CVE-2003-0102

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2003-03-18 · updated 2026-06-16

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

• File: 3.28, 3.30, 3.32, 3.33, 3.34, 3.35 (+4)
• Netbsd: 1.5, 1.5.1, 1.5.2, 1.5.3, 1.6

References

• 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
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/611865
• 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
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11469

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