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CVE-2003-0848

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CVE-2003-0848 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in slocate 2.6, and potentially other versions, which could allow local users to escalate privileges. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating a low severity, as it requires local access and user manipulation of the slocate database to achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While not actively exploited in the wild and lacking Metasploit or Nuclei modules, a proof-of-concept exploit exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:slocate:slocate:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:slocate:slocate:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:slocate:slocate:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:slocate:slocate:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:slocate:slocate:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.94%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
57.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-23228 · Oct 6, 2003
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0094 is in the 89th percentile among its peer group of 3,048 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: slocate-0:2.7-3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2003-0848Moderate

security flaw

Oct 6, 2003

References

ftp.sco.com / pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1.1/Workstation/CSSA-2004-001.0/CSSA-2004-001.0.txt
patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20040201-01-U.asc
patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.asc
marc.info
marc.info
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2004-040.html
secunia.com / advisories/10670
secunia.com / advisories/10683
secunia.com / advisories/10686
secunia.com / advisories/10698
secunia.com / advisories/10702
secunia.com / advisories/10720
secunia.com / advisories/10722
secunia.com / advisories/9962
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11033
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A821
debian.org / security/2004/dsa-428
PatchVendor Advisory
ebitech.sk / patrik/SA/SA-20031006-A.txt
ebitech.sk / patrik/SA/SA-20031006.txt
mandriva.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / archives/fedora-announce-list/2004-January/msg00009.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2004-041.html
trustix.org / errata/misc/2004/TSL-2004-0005-slocate.asc.txt