CVE-2003-0948

published 2003-12-15

CVE-2003-0948: Buffer overflow in iwconfig allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long HOME environment variable.

Priority P4 22 high 7.2 CVSS 2.0

AV L AC L Au N C C I C A C

EXPLOIT

Buffer overflow in iwconfig allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long HOME environment variable.

Affected

9 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	wireless-tools	—	—
wireless_tools	wireless_tools	—	—
wireless_tools	wireless_tools	—	—
wireless_tools	wireless_tools	—	—
wireless_tools	wireless_tools	—	—
wireless_tools	wireless_tools	—	—
wireless_tools	wireless_tools	—	—
wireless_tools	wireless_tools	—	—
wireless_tools	wireless_tools	—	—

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 7.2 HIGH AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

vendor_debian 7.2 LOW

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