CVE-2003-0453 describes a critical vulnerability in traceroute-nanog version 6.1.1, allowing local users to achieve arbitrary code execution and memory overwrite. This is due to an integer overflow when processing "nprobes" and "max_ttl" arguments, leading to a buffer overflow during memory allocation. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability presents a severe risk, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed on the KEV catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ehud_gavron:traceroute-nanog:6.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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