CVE-2002-1476
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…
published September 1, 2004
What it is
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.
The record
Technical detail
- CVSS
- Not scored
- CVSS v4.0
- Not supplied
- EPSS
- 0.00441 · 37.0th percentile
- Published
- 2004-09-01T04:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
01 SEP 04:00Z
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…
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