CVE-2002-0506 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Redhat Linux
3 documents3 sources
Severity
7.2HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.2%
top 54.35%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedAug 12
Latest updateApr 30
Description
Buffer overflow in newt.c of newt windowing library (libnewt) 0.50.33 and earlier may allow attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code in setuid programs that use libnewt.
CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/C:C/I:C/A:CExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 10.0