CVE-2002-0176

critical

Description

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.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4327

http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-026.php

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8594.php

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q1/0070.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2002-04-22

Updated: 2008-09-11

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N

Severity: Critical