crawl before 4.0.0 beta23 does not properly "apply a size check" when copying a certain environment variable, which may allow local users to gain privileges, possibly as a result of a buffer overflow
Published Feb 11, 2004
4.6
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.38%
Description
crawl before 4.0.0 beta23 does not properly "apply a size check" when copying a certain environment variable, which may allow local users to gain privileges, possibly as a result of a buffer overflow.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 4.0.0_b23
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
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.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.38% (0.00382) | 29.79th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.38% (0.00382) | 29.78th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.09% (0.00086) | 22.65th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
No CWE recorded.
References (4)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/10788/ third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-432 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9566 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15032 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://secunia.com/advisories/10788/ | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-432 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9566 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BID | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15032 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
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