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CVE-2002-0176 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability (The printf wrappers in libsafe 2.0-11 and earlier do not pro)

The printf wrappers in libsafe 2.0-11 and earlier do not properly handle argument indexing specifiers, which could allow attackers to exploit certain function calls through arguments that are not verified by libsafe.

CVE IDCVE-2002-0176
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
DescriptionThe printf wrappers in libsafe 2.0-11 and earlier do not properly handle argument indexing specifiers, which could allow attackers to exploit certain function calls through arguments that are not verified by libsafe.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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