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CVE-2002-1605

critical

Description

Buffer overflow in HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1a, 5.1, 5.0a, 4.0g, and 4.0f allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long _XKB_CHARSET environment variable to (1) dxpause, (2) dxconsole, or (3) dtsession.

References

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/693803

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/584243

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/569987

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10016

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2002-1586

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/290115

http://www.blacksheepnetworks.com/security/hack/tru64/TRU64_xkb.txt

http://wwss1pro.compaq.com/support/reference_library/viewdocument.asp?source=SRB0039W.xml&dt=11

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2002-q3/1203.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2002-09-02

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.13316