CVE-2002-1476 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2002-1476

Buffer overflow in setlocale in libc on NetBSD 1.4.x through...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

netbsd
Vulnerable Versions:
1.4, 1.5, 1.5.1, 1.5.2, 1.5.3, 1.6

Timeline

Official Publish: September 1st, 2004
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

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Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.