CVE-2002-1896

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in Alsaplayer 0.99.71, when installed setuid root, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) -f or (2) -o command line argument.

Affected products

Alsaplayer: 0.99.71

References

http://alsaplayer.org/changelog.php3
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/alsaplayer/alsaplayer/app/Main.cpp.diff?r1=1.66&r2=1.67
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2002-September/001730.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10157.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5767
http://alsaplayer.org/changelog.php3
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/alsaplayer/alsaplayer/app/Main.cpp.diff?r1=1.66&r2=1.67
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2002-September/001730.html
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10157.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5767

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