CVE-2002-1476
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Sep 1, 2004
- Updated
- Aug 8, 2024
- Reserved
- Feb 5, 2003
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- 7565vdb-entry
- 5724vdb-entry
- netbsd-libc-setlocale-bo(10159)vdb-entry
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