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CVE-2003-0372
Signed integer vulnerability in libnasl in Nessus before 2.0.6 allows local users with plugin upload privileges to cause a denial of…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.89%
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- mitre
Description
Signed integer vulnerability in libnasl in Nessus before 2.0.6 allows local users with plugin upload privileges to cause a denial of service (core dump) and possibly execute arbitrary code by causing a negative argument to be provided to the insstr function as used in a NASL script.
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)
- 0.89% · top 41% 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
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- affected n/a
References (3)
- 20030522 Potential security vulnerability in Nessus (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20030523 nessus NASL scripting engine security issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 7664 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
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