Vulnerability in Netbsd
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 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.
EPSS: 0.004 (36.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Netbsd — versions 1.4, 1.5, 1.5.1
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, Vendor Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory, x_refsource_XF)