{
    "id": "CVE-2003-0848",
    "published": "2003-11-17 05:00:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 22:03:04",
    "cvss_score": "4.6",
    "cvss_severity": "MEDIUM",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
    "cwe": null,
    "description": "Heap-based buffer overflow in main.c of slocate 2.6, and possibly other versions, may allow local users to gain privileges via a modified slocate database that causes a negative \"pathlen\" value to be used.",
    "epss_score": "0.00987",
    "epss_percentile": "0.61355",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-11 18:17:03",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "slocate",
            "product": "slocate"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "23228",
            "title": "SLocate 2.6 - User-Supplied Database Heap Overflow",
            "date": "2003-10-06",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23228"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1.1/Workstation/CSSA-2004-001.0/CSSA-2004-001.0.txt",
        "ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040201-01-U.asc",
        "ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040202-01-U.asc",
        "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106546447321274&w=2",
        "http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106589631819348&w=2",
        "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2004-040.html",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/10670",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/10683",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/10686",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/10698",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/10702",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/10720",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/10722",
        "http://secunia.com/advisories/9962/",
        "http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-428",
        "http://www.ebitech.sk/patrik/SA/SA-20031006-A.txt",
        "http://www.ebitech.sk/patrik/SA/SA-20031006.txt",
        "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:004",
        "http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-announce-list/2004-January/msg00009.html",
        "http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-041.html",
        "http://www.trustix.org/errata/misc/2004/TSL-2004-0005-slocate.asc.txt",
        "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11033",
        "https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A821",
        "ftp://ftp.sco.com/pub/updates/OpenLinux/3.1.1/Workstation/CSSA-2004-001.0/CSSA-2004-001.0.txt",
        "ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040201-01-U.asc"
    ]
}