Vulnerability in Wireless Tools

CVE-2003-0948

Buffer overflow in iwconfig allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long HOME environment variable.

Published 2003-12-15 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (64.4th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 64.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: +0.000

Affected products

Wireless Tools — versions 19, 20, 21

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/8901 (Exploit, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
www.securiteam.com/exploits/6Y00R1P8KY.html (Exploit, Vendor Advisory)