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CVE-2003-0465

MEDIUM CVSS: 5.0 Published: 2003-08-18 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

The kernel strncpy function in Linux 2.4 and 2.5 does not %NUL pad the buffer on architectures other than x86, as opposed to the expected behavior of strncpy as implemented in libc, which could lead to information leaks.

Affected Platforms

Linux Linux Kernel

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References