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CVE-2002-1572

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Signed integer overflow in the bttv_read function in the bttv driver (bttv-driver.c) in Linux kernel before 2.4.20 has unknown impact and attack vectors.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: 2.4.0, 2.4.0-test1, 2.4.0-test10, 2.4.0-test11, 2.4.0-test12, 2.4.0-test2 (+40)

References

• http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset%403d6badc0mxsPaOTT_GuPVxCp1_ormw
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-205.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-206.html
• http://linux.bkbits.net:8080/linux-2.4/cset%403d6badc0mxsPaOTT_GuPVxCp1_ormw
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-205.html
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-206.html

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