CVE-2002-1476

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.6 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2003-04-22

Last modified

2024-08-08

Affected products

• Netbsd (Netbsd)

References

• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10159.php
• http://www.osvdb.org/7565
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5724