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TI-2003-00605 Aliases CVE-2003-0648GHSA-g58g-pw3p-5p6g

Multiple buffer overflows in vfte, based on FTE, before 0.50, allow local users to execute arbitrary code.

Priority MEDIUM 51Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Multiple buffer overflows in vfte, based on FTE, before 0.50, allow local users to execute arbitrary code.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.0517 92nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:fte:fte_text_editor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*all versionsVulnerableFte
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:fte:fte_text_editor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions all versions Vulnerable ·Fte
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2003-0648
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-g58g-pw3p-5p6g

References

Patch 1

Sources