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CVE-2002-1476 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-012.txt.asc	CVE
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10159.php	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/7565	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5724	CVE	PatchVendor Advisory
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-012.txt.asc	[email protected]
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10159.php	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/7565	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5724	[email protected]	PatchVendor Advisory

see all 8 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
netbsd netbsd	1.4 1.5 1.5.1 1.5.2 1.5.3
CPE cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.5.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.5.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.5.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:netbsd:netbsd:1.6:beta:::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 20, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 1, 2004	Initial Analysis	[email protected]