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CVE-2002-1476

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
22/04/2003
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

Buffer overflow in setlocale in libc on NetBSD 1.4.x through 1.6, and possibly other operating systems, when called with the LC_ALL category, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code via a user-controlled locale string that has more than 6 elements, which exceeds the boundaries of the new_categories category array, as exploitable through programs such as xterm and zsh.

Impact

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

Base Score: 4.60 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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

Base Score 2.0
4.60
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.6:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*

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


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