CVE-2002-1617

high

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in HP Tru64 UNIX 5.x allow local users to execute arbitrary code via (1) a long -contextDir argument to dtaction, (2) a long -p argument to dtprintinfo, (3) a long -customization argument to dxterm, or (4) a long DISPLAY environment variable to dtterm.

References

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

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/931579

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/836275

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/600699

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/202939

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2002-12-31

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

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

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00247