TI-2003-00957 Aliases CVE-2003-1053 GHSA-75c9-5h5r-58w6

Multiple buffer overflows in XShisen allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long…

LOW 22Published 2005-01-19 · Updated 2024-08-08

Key facts

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

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

Summary

Multiple buffer overflows in XShisen allow attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) -KCONV command line option or (2) XSHISENLIB environment variable.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00527 44th 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

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:xshisen:xshisen:1.5.1:::::::*	1.5.1	Vulnerable	Xshisen

cpe:2.3:a:xshisen:xshisen:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.5.1 Vulnerable ·Xshisen

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2003-1053
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-75c9-5h5r-58w6

References

Patch 1

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=213957

Advisory 1

http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/56971fa6-641c-11d9-a097-000854d03344.html

TI-2005-00102 Buffer overflow in XShisen before 1.36 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long GECOS field. CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.6

Sources

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