FKIE_CVE-2003-0854
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2003-11-17 05:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:03
Severity
Summary
ls in the fileutils or coreutils packages allows local users to consume a large amount of memory via a large -w value, which can be remotely exploited via applications that use ls, such as wu-ftpd.
References
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