CVE Catalog

CVE-2003-0959

High
Published: Translated: NVD NIST

Summary

Multiple integer overflows in the 32bit emulation for AMD64 architectures in Linux 2.4 kernel before 2.4.21 may allow attackers to cause a denial of service or gain root privileges via unspecified vectors that trigger copy_from_user function calls with improper length arguments.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may be exposed to denial of service or unauthorized access to systems, potentially leading to serious security implications.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to version 2.4.21 or later to mitigate this vulnerability.

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Original NVD description (English source)

Multiple integer overflows in the 32bit emulation for AMD64 architectures in Linux 2.4 kernel before 2.4.21 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or gain root privileges via unspecified vectors that trigger copy_from_user function calls with improper length arguments.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS