CVE-2003-0988

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 6.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-02-17 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in the VCF file information reader for KDE Personal Information Management (kdepim) suite in KDE 3.1.0 through 3.1.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a VCF file.

Affected products

Kde: 3.1.0, 3.1.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3

References

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000810
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107412130407906&w=2
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200404-02.xml
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/820798
http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20040114-1.txt
http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:003
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-005.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-006.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9419
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14833
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A858
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A865

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