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CVE-2002-0175 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (libsafe 2.0-11 and earlier allows attackers to bypass protec)

libsafe 2.0-11 and earlier allows attackers to bypass protection against format string vulnerabilities via format strings that use the "'" and "I" characters, which are implemented in libc but not libsafe.

CVE IDCVE-2002-0175
SeverityMEDIUM
CVSS score4.6
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2002-04-22
Last modified2026-04-16
Descriptionlibsafe 2.0-11 and earlier allows attackers to bypass protection against format string vulnerabilities via format strings that use the "'" and "I" characters, which are implemented in libc but not libsafe.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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