CVE-2002-1896

high

Description

Buffer overflow in Alsaplayer 0.99.71, when installed setuid root, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) -f or (2) -o command line argument.

References

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10157.php

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2002-September/001730.html

http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/alsaplayer/alsaplayer/app/Main.cpp.diff?r1=1.66&r2=1.67

http://alsaplayer.org/changelog.php3

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