Vulnerability in Red Hat Linux
CVE-2002-0506
Buffer overflow in newt.c of newt windowing library (libnewt) 0.50.33 and earlier may allow attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code in setuid programs that use libnewt.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.005 (39.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 39.8% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Red Hat Linux — versions 6.2, 7.0, 7.1
References
- www.iss.net/security_center/static/8700.php (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/264699 (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/4393 (vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)