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
- n/a n/a