VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2003-0648
Multiple buffer overflows in vfte, based on FTE, before 0.50, allow local users to execute arbitrary code.
HIGH 10.0EPSS 5.17%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.17%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in vfte, based on FTE, before 0.50, allow local users to execute arbitrary code.
- CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 5.17% probability · 92th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- fte/fte text editor · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11290
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1009655
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1009656
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-472Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/354838US Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/900964US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10041
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15726
- http://secunia.com/advisories/11290
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1009655
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1009656
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-472Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/354838US Government Resource
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/900964US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/10041
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15726
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.