CVE-2003-0390

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2003-07-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in Options Parsing Tool (OPT) shared library 3.18 and earlier, when used in setuid programs, may allow local users to execute arbitrary code via long command line options that are fed into macros such as opt_warn_2, as used in functions such as opt_atoi.

Affected products

James Theiler Opt: through 3.18

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105121918523320&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105371246204866&w=2
http://nis-www.lanl.gov/~jt/Software/opt/opt-3.19.tar.gz
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105121918523320&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105371246204866&w=2
http://nis-www.lanl.gov/~jt/Software/opt/opt-3.19.tar.gz

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