Instituto Nacional de ciberseguridad. Sección Incibe
Instituto Nacional de Ciberseguridad. Sección INCIBE-CERT

Go to Calendar     Go to Press Room     Go to Newsletters subscription

Search

CVE-2002-0062

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')
Publication date:
08/03/2002
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

Buffer overflow in ncurses 5.0, and the ncurses4 compatibility package as used in Red Hat Linux, allows local users to gain privileges, related to "routines for moving the physical cursor and scrolling."

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
7.20
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:68k:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:arm:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:ia-32:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:powerpc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools