CVE-2003-0440: Debian Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The (1) semi MIME library 1.14.5 and earlier, and (2) wemi 1.14.0 and possibly other versions, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 3.0 only
• Semi Semi: version 1.14.3 only

Published 2003-08-18. Last modified 2026-06-16.