CVE-2003-0961 (GCVE-0-2003-0961)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2003-12-02 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 02:12
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Integer overflow in the do_brk function for the brk system call in Linux kernel 2.4.22 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
25 references
Date Public
2003-12-01 00:00
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Nomenclature
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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