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Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CVE-2003-0947

High
7.2/10

Summary

Buffer overflow in iwconfig, when installed setuid, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long OUT environment variable.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • COMPLETE
  • COMPLETE
  • COMPLETE

CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

The program copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow.

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