cve/2003/CVE-2003-0848.md

### [CVE-2003-0848](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2003-0848)
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### Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in main.c of slocate 2.6, and possibly other versions, may allow local users to gain privileges via a modified slocate database that causes a negative "pathlen" value to be used.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=106589631819348&w=2

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.