Description
ls in the fileutils or coreutils packages allows local users to consume a large amount of memory via a large -w value, which can be remotely exploited via applications that use ls, such as wu-ftpd.
Published: 2003-10-25
Score: 2.1 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2003-0845 ls in the fileutils or coreutils packages allows local users to consume a large amount of memory via a large -w value, which can be remotely exploited via applications that use ls, such as wu-ftpd.
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Gnu Fileutils
Redhat Enterprise Linux Linux
Washington University Wu-ftpd
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:05:12.585Z

Reserved: 2003-10-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-0854

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-11-17T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2003-0854

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2003-10-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2003-0854 - Bugzilla

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