CVE-2003-0382

CVE-2003-0382 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in Eterm version 0.9.2, affecting Debian Linux and Eterm itself. A local attacker can exploit this by supplying an overly long ETERMPATH environment variable, potentially leading to privilege escalation. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating low attack complexity and requiring local access, with potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this older vulnerability.