CVE-2003-0358 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2003-0358?

CVE-2003-0358 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 30 May 2003. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Buffer overflow in (1) nethack 3.4.0 and earlier, and (2) falconseye 1.9.3 and earlier, which is based on nethack, allows local users to gain privileges via a long -s command line option.

Weakness: CWE-120

Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-0358?

It affects 3 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Falconseye Project Falconseye, Nethack Nethack.

How do I fix CVE-2003-0358?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2003-0358 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2003-0358 exists.

Public exploit code: 3 Exploit-DB entries and 2 proofs of concept on GitHub.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0358, DSA-316-2, DSA-350, GHSA-h59w-g68x-v974.