HIGH
security flaw
Published Feb 1, 2003
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.09%
Description
Buffer overflow in secure locate (slocate) before 2.7 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) -c or (2) -r command line argument.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
7.2 HIGH NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.09% 0.01091
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01091
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.09% (0.01091) | 64.15th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.09% (0.01091) | 60.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.21% (0.00211) | 41.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.34th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 0.50th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 5.63% (0.05625) | 90.08th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 5.63% (0.05625) | 89.09th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 5.63% (0.05625) | 76.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (22)
- ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2003-009.0.txt vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CALDERA
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.asc vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGI
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104342864418213&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104348607205691&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=104428624705363&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-041.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10720 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/7947 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/7982 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/8007 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/8118/ third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/8236 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/8749 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-252 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2003:015 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKE
- http://www.net-security.org/advisory.php?id=2010 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_CONECTIVA
- http://www.usg.org.uk/advisories/2003.001.txt x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-0056 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1616944 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2003-0056
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11369 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2003-0056
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Feb 1, 2003
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Jan 29, 2003
Link CVE-2003-0056
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a