CVE-2003-0382

Buffer overflow in Eterm 0.9.2 allows local users to gain privileges via a long ETERMPATH environment variable.

Published: 2003-07-02 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-0382 is rated Low Risk (28.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.38%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0382

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.08% 0.38% +0.29%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.08% +0.04%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0382

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-0382

OS Trackers for CVE-2003-0382

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2003-0382 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (eterm), 4 status rows across 4 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid): resolved 4. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2003-0382

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0382

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
michael_jennings eterm 0.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:michael_jennings:eterm:0.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
michael_jennings eterm 0.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:michael_jennings:eterm:0.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 2.3 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0382

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