CVE-2003-0612 Memory corruption in n/a

Medium 4.6 Published Updated

Local attackers can exploit buffer overflows in Crafty to gain group privileges via long command line arguments.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2003-0612?

CVE-2003-0612 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 10 Mar 2004. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Multiple buffer overflows in main.c for Crafty 19.3 allow local users to gain group "games" privileges via long command line arguments to crafty.bin.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-0612?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Robert Hyatt Crafty.

How do I fix CVE-2003-0612?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

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

Is CVE-2003-0612 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-0612 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0612, GHSA-g472-r4fp-fq76.

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