CVE-2004-0238

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2004-11-23 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in Overkill (0verkill) 0.15pre3 might allow local users to execute arbitrary code in the client via a long HOME environment variable in the (1) load_cfg and (2) save_cfg functions; possibly allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via long strings to (3) the send_message function; and, in the server, via (4) the parse_command_line function.

Affected products

0Verkill: 0.16

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-February/016579.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107577335424509&w=2
http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5AP010KC0C.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9550
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14999
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15000
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-February/016579.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107577335424509&w=2
http://www.securiteam.com/securitynews/5AP010KC0C.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9550
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14999
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15000

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