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high 7.2

CVE-2002-1506 json

Buffer overflow in Linuxconf before 1.28r4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long LINUXCONF_LANG environment variable, whi…

published 2003-03-18 23 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2002-1489

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.6%
EPSS 1.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 76%
public exploits
3
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in Linuxconf before 1.28r4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long LINUXCONF_LANG environment variable, which overflows an error string that is generated.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-21763)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

1.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 76% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-21763 Linuxconf 1.1.x/1.2.x - Local Environment Variable Buffer Overflow (3) local, 2002-08-28
  • EDB-21762 Linuxconf 1.1.x/1.2.x - Local Environment Variable Buffer Overflow (2) local, 2002-08-28
  • EDB-21761 Linuxconf 1.1.x/1.2.x - Local Environment Variable Buffer Overflow (1) local, 2002-08-28
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5585 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • archives.neohapsis.com http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-08/0304.html 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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