CVE-2003-0358 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability affecting Nethack 3.4.0 and earlier, as well as Falcon's Eye 1.9.3 and earlier. This flaw allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges by providing an excessively long string to the -s command-line option. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating a low-complexity local attack that can lead to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, exploit code is publicly available on ExploitDB, though community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.9.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:falconseye_project:falconseye:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 3.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nethack:nethack:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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