CVE-2003-1446: Rogue

Medium severity, CVSS 4.9. EPSS: 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Buffer overflow in the save_into_file function in save.c for Rogue 5.2-2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code with games group privileges by setting a long HOME environment variable and invoking the save game function with a ~ (tilde).

Affected products

• Rogue Rogue: version 5.2-2 only; version 985.0 only

Published 2003-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.