CVE-2002-0062
N/A
Published: April 2, 2003 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: July 23, 2026 at 07:31 PM UTC
5 products affected across 5 vendorsDebian LinuxFreeBSDLinux
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
Description
Buffer overflow in ncurses 5.0, and the ncurses4 compatibility package as used in Red Hat Linux, allows local users to gain privileges, related to "routines for moving the physical cursor and scrolling."
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-113VDB Entryx_refsource_XFThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8222.phpVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-020.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDPatchThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2116Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-120
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