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CVE-2002-0819

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-08-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Format string vulnerability in artsd, when called by artswrapper, allows local users to gain privileges via format strings in the -a argument, which results in an error message that is not properly handled in a call to the arts_fatal function.

Affected products

• Artsd: all versions

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102607688730228&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=kde-multimedia&m=102607939232023&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=102614898620164&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102607688730228&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=kde-multimedia&m=102607939232023&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=102614898620164&w=2

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