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CVE-2002-2002

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in libc in Compaq Tru64 4.0F, 5.0, 5.1 and 5.1A allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via long (1) LANG and (2) LOCPATH environment variables.

Affected products

• Compaq Tru64: 4.0f, 5.0, 5.1, 5.1a

References

• http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/2002/04/msg00219.html
• http://ftp.support.compaq.com/patches/.new/html/SSRT-541.shtml
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8863.php
• http://www.lac.co.jp/security/english/snsadv_e/51_e.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4544
• http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/2002/04/msg00219.html
• http://ftp.support.compaq.com/patches/.new/html/SSRT-541.shtml
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8863.php
• http://www.lac.co.jp/security/english/snsadv_e/51_e.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4544

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