CVE-2002-1500

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: 2003-04-02 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in (1) mrinfo, (2) mtrace, and (3) pppd in NetBSD 1.4.x through 1.6 allows local users to gain privileges by executing the programs after filling the file descriptor tables, which produces file descriptors larger than FD_SETSIZE, which are not checked by FD_SET().

Affected products

Netbsd: 1.4, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.5, 1.5.1 (+2)

References

http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10114.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5727
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10114.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5727

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