CVE-2003-0988 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability within the VCF file reader of the KDE Personal Information Management (kdepim) suite, affecting KDE versions 3.1.0 through 3.1.4. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code by enticing a user to open a specially crafted VCF file. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered high severity, posing risks of partial compromise to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion has been observed, the potential for remote code execution warrants attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:kde:kde:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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