CVE-2003-1053 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in XShisen allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) -KCONV command line option or (2) XSHISENLIB environment variable.

Published: 2005-01-19

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:xshisen:xshisen:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2003-1043	Multiple buffer overflows in XShisen allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) -KCONV command line option or (2) XSHISENLIB environment variable.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0024.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=213957
http://secunia.com/advisories/9950
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8770
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/8776
http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/56971fa6-641c-11d9-a097-000854d03344.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13358
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/13359

History

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Subscriptions

Xshisen Xshisen

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-01-19T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T02:12:35.833Z

Reserved: 2005-01-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2003-1053

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2003-10-03T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-2003-1053

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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