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$ cve CVE-2003-0853 JSON

CVE-2003-0853 EXPLOIT

5.0
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 11.1% (pctl 96)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

An integer overflow in ls in the fileutils or coreutils packages may allow local users to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code via a large -w value, which could be remotely exploited via applications that use ls, such as wu-ftpd.

Scoring

CVSS5.0 (MEDIUM, v2.0)
VectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
EPSS11.09% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs
On CISA KEVno
Public exploityes
Published2003-11-17
Last modified2026-06-16

Affected (2)

VendorProduct
gnufileutils
washington universitywu-ftpd

Public exploits

SourceTitleDate
exploit-dbCoreutils 4.5.x - LS Width Argument Integer Overflow2003-10-22

References

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