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HIGH

security flaw

Published Jun 5, 2003

Description

Buffer overflow in url_filename function for wget 1.8.1 allows attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long URL.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (11)

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jun 5, 2003
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Jun 4, 2003
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Low
Public date Dec 12, 2002