Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 17, 2003· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2003-0840
CVE-2003-0840
Description
Buffer overflow in dtprintinfo on HP-UX 11.00, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to gain root privileges via a long DISPLAY environment variable.
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Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
1- marc.infonvd
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