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CVE-2003-0358

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2003-06-09 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-120

Description

Buffer overflow in (1) nethack 3.4.0 and earlier, and (2) falconseye 1.9.3 and earlier, which is based on nethack, allows local users to gain privileges via a long -s command line option.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 2.2, 3.0
• Falconseye Project Falconseye: through 1.9.3
• NetHack: through 3.4.0

References

• http://nethack.sourceforge.net/v340/bugmore/secpatch.txt
• http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-316
• http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-350
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/311172/2003-02-08/2003-02-14/0
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6806
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11283
• http://nethack.sourceforge.net/v340/bugmore/secpatch.txt
• http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-316
• http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-350
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/311172/2003-02-08/2003-02-14/0
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6806
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11283

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