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CVE-2002-0062

CVE information

Published

22 years ago

Last Modified

1 year ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

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.".

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
7.2/10
Exploit Score
3.9/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
10/10
Confidentiality Impact
Complete
Availability Impact
Complete
Integrity Impact
Complete

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.2:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.1:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.1:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.1:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.0:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:arm:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.1:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:powerpc:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.1:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.0:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:ia-32:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:68k:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:ncurses:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
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