CVE-2003-0947

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Buffer overflow in iwconfig, when installed setuid, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long OUT environment variable.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.2/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-120

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Dec 15, 2003
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2003-0947: High severity, CVSS 7.2 | Vulnix