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CVE-2003-0358
Buffer overflow in (1) nethack 3.4.0 and earlier, and (2) falconseye 1.9.3 and earlier, which is based on nethack, allows local users to…
Medium4.6EPSS 1.2%
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- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in (1) nethack 3.4.0 and earlier, and (2) falconseye 1.9.3 and earlier, which is based on nethack, allows local users to gain privileges via a long -s command line option.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 31% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (6)
- DSA-350 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- DSA-316 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- nethack-s-command-bo(11283) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 6806 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20030209 #!ICadv-02.09.03: nethack 3.4.0 local buffer overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://nethack.sourceforge.net/v340/bugmore/secpatch.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .