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CVE-2002-0062

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."

Published

2002-03-08T05:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.2 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-120
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Operating System debian debian_linux 2.2 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 2.2 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 2.2 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 2.2 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 2.2 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 2.2 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 3.1 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 3.2 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 3.3 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 3.4 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 3.5 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 3.5.1 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 4.0 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 4.1 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 4.1.1 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 5.0 Yes
Operating System redhat linux 6.1 Yes
Operating System redhat linux 6.1 Yes
Operating System redhat linux 6.1 Yes
Operating System redhat linux 7.0 Yes
Operating System redhat linux 7.0 Yes
Operating System redhat linux 7.1 Yes
Operating System redhat linux 7.1 Yes
Operating System redhat linux 7.2 Yes
Operating System suse suse_linux 6.2 Yes
Operating System suse suse_linux 6.3 Yes
Operating System suse suse_linux 7.0 Yes
Application gnu ncurses < 5.0 Yes
References