CVE-2002-1506 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in Linuxconf before 1.28r4 allows local user)
Buffer overflow in Linuxconf before 1.28r4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long LINUXCONF_LANG environment variable, which overflows an error string that is generated.
| CVE ID | CVE-2002-1506 |
|---|---|
| Severity | HIGH |
| CVSS score | 7.2 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2003-04-02 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | Buffer overflow in Linuxconf before 1.28r4 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long LINUXCONF_LANG environment variable, which overflows an error string that is generated. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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