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.

Scoring

CVSS base score
0
EPSS probability
0.10%
Published
2004-09-01
Last modified
2026-03-16

Affected products

Markdown version · Browse all CVEs