CVE-2003-0056: Slocate

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in secure locate (slocate) before 2.7 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) -c or (2) -r command line argument.

Affected products

• Slocate Slocate: version 2.5 only; version 2.6 only

Published 2003-02-19. Last modified 2026-06-16.