CVE-2002-1476

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.6
Exploit probability—
ProductNetbsd
PublishedApr 22, 2003
First seenApr 22, 2003

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
netbsd netbsd1.4, 1.5, 1.5.1, 1.5.2, 1.5.3, 1.6—

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