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CVE-2002-0497

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 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: 2002-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in mtr 0.46 and earlier, when installed setuid root, allows local users to access a raw socket via a long MTR_OPTIONS environment variable.

Affected products

• mtr: 0.41

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-03/0048.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-124
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8367.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4217
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-03/0048.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-124
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8367.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4217

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