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CVE-2002-0175

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2002-04-22 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

libsafe 2.0-11 and earlier allows attackers to bypass protection against format string vulnerabilities via format strings that use the "'" and "I" characters, which are implemented in libc but not libsafe.

Affected products

• Avaya Libsafe: 1.3.4, 1.3.8, 2.0.2, 2.0.5, 2.0.9, 2.0.10 (+1)

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q1/0070.html
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/263121
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8593.php
• http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-026.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4326
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q1/0070.html
• http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/263121
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8593.php
• http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-026.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4326

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