CVE-2003-0709

N/A

Published: September 3, 2003 at 04:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:02 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorWhois

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 3%

Description

Buffer overflow in the whois client, which is not setuid but is sometimes called from within CGI programs, may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long command line option.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Whois · Whois

95%

4.5.7 4.6.6

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

http://www.zone-h.org/en/advisories/read/id=2925/

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCExploitPatchVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.zone-h.org/en/advisories/read/id=2925/

CVSS

7.5HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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