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.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2003-0848 is rated Exploit Available (53.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.94%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23228 | exploit_db | edb | 2003-10-06 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
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 | 0.37% | 0.94% | +0.57% |
| 2 | 2026-01-02 | 0.29% | 0.37% | +0.08% |
| 3 | 2025-03-30 | — | 0.29% | — |
Full EPSS history (7 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.6 | 2.0 | MEDIUM |
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3.9 | 6.4 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2003-0848 |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2003-0848 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (slocate), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2003-0848 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| slocate | slocate | 2.1 | cpe:2.3:a:slocate:slocate:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| slocate | slocate | 2.2 | cpe:2.3:a:slocate:slocate:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| slocate | slocate | 2.3 | cpe:2.3:a:slocate:slocate:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| slocate | slocate | 2.4 | cpe:2.3:a:slocate:slocate:2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| slocate | slocate | 2.5 | cpe:2.3:a:slocate:slocate:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| slocate | slocate | 2.6 | cpe:2.3:a:slocate:slocate:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |