FKIE_CVE-2003-0988

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2004-02-17 05:00 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:03
Severity
Summary
Buffer overflow in the VCF file information reader for KDE Personal Information Management (kdepim) suite in KDE 3.1.0 through 3.1.4 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a VCF file.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000810
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107412130407906&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200404-02.xml
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/820798US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20040114-1.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:003
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-005.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-006.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9419Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14833
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A858
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A865
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000810
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107412130407906&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200404-02.xml
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/820798US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kde.org/info/security/advisory-20040114-1.txtPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandrakesoft.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:003
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-005.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-006.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9419Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/14833
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A858
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A865
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
kde kde 3.1.0
kde kde 3.1.1
kde kde 3.1.2
kde kde 3.1.3
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:03:18.367",
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