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CVE-2002-0062 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in ncurses 5.0, and the ncurses4 compatibili)

Buffer overflow in ncurses 5.0, and the ncurses4 compatibility package as used in Red Hat Linux, allows local users to gain privileges, related to "routines for moving the physical cursor and scrolling."

CVE IDCVE-2002-0062
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score7.2
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWECWE-120
StatusModified
Published2002-03-08
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionBuffer overflow in ncurses 5.0, and the ncurses4 compatibility package as used in Red Hat Linux, allows local users to gain privileges, related to "routines for moving the physical cursor and scrolling."
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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