CVE-2003-0035 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in escputil, as included in the printer-drivers package in Mandrake Linux, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long printer-name command line argument.

Published: 2003-01-22

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:robert_krawitz:escputil:1.15.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2003-0035	Buffer overflow in escputil, as included in the printer-drivers package in Mandrake Linux, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long printer-name command line argument.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00117.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2003-q1/0029.html
http://www.idefense.com/advisory/01.21.03.txt
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:010
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/307608/30/26270/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6658
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1005959

History

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Robert Krawitz Escputil

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2003-01-22T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T01:43:34.899Z

Reserved: 2003-01-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-0035

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-02-07T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2003-0035

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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