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Fencer Vulns
high 7.2

CVE-2002-2041 json

Multiple buffer overflows in realtime operating system (RTOS) 6.1.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long ABLANG envi…

published 2002-12-31 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-2020

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.2%
EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 69%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Multiple buffer overflows in realtime operating system (RTOS) 6.1.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long ABLANG environment variable in phlocale or (2) a long -u option to pkg-installer.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-21506)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

1.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 69% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-21506 QNX RTOS 6.1 - 'PKG-Installer' Local Buffer Overflow local, 2002-06-03
  • EDB-21505 QNX RTOS 6.1 - '/usr/photon/bin/phlocale' Environment Variable Buffer Overflow local, 2002-06-03
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4917 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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