Vulnerabilities > CVE-2004-1224 - Local Security vulnerability in mtr

047910
CVSS 4.6 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
local
low complexity
mtr

Summary

Off-by-one error in the mtr_curses_keyaction function for mtr 0.55 through 0.65 allows local users to hijack raw sockets, as demonstrated using the "s" keybinding, which leaves a buffer without a NULL terminator.