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CVE-2002-1476

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Published: Apr 22, 2003Modified: Apr 16, 2026

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4.6
Vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 6.4
Source: NVD

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.

Affected (6)

Products: Netbsd: Netbsd
1 product
Netbsd
Configuration A
6 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Netbsd
Version 1.4
Version 1.5.1
Version 1.5.2
Version 1.5.3
Version 1.5
Version 1.6 beta

References (8)

ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-012.txt.asc (unsafe URL)
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: cve@mitre.org
Source: cve@mitre.org
PatchVendor Advisory
ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2002-012.txt.asc (unsafe URL)
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchVendor Advisory

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