CVE-2004-0603

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2004-12-06 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

gzexe in gzip 1.3.3 and earlier will execute an argument when the creation of a temp file fails instead of exiting the program, which could allow remote attackers or local users to execute arbitrary commands, a different vulnerability than CVE-1999-1332.

Affected products

GNU gzip: through 1.3.3

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54890
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200406-18.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10603
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16506
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=54890
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200406-18.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10603
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/16506

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