VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2003-0465

CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability1.86%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2003-08-18
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Description

The kernel strncpy function in Linux 2.4 and 2.5 does not %NUL pad the buffer on architectures other than x86, as opposed to the expected behavior of strncpy as implemented in libc, which could lead to information leaks.

Primary references