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CVE-2002-1598

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-04-05 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflows in Computer Associates MLink (CA-MLink) 6.5 and earlier may allow local users to execute arbitrary code via long command line arguments to (1) mlclear or (2) mllock.

Affected products

• Broadcom Mlink: 6.5

References

• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/544995
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/772915
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/266052
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4440
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4441
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8776
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/544995
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/772915
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/266052
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4440

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