01 Record

CVE-2002-0062

Buffer overflow in ncurses 5.0, and the ncurses4 compatibility package as used in Red Hat Linux, allows local users to gain privileges, related to "routines for moving the physical cursor and

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

Buffer overflow in ncurses 5.0, and the ncurses4 compatibility package as used in Red Hat Linux, allows local users to gain privileges, related to "routines for moving the physical cursor and

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 0.48% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 41.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-07-23.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2003-04-02 05:00Z23 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-08 02:35Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2002-02-13

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-120Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

f4c971ca642b550519da5b64a7b08331e75087e69b48c248b6c75ab9b2bf5aeb

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

debiandebian_linuxNot specified—

freebsdfreebsdNot specified—

invisible-islandncursesNot specified—

redhatlinuxNot specified—

susesuse_linuxNot specified—

06 References

www.securityfocus.com2116http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2116vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
www.debian.orgDSA-113http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-113vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
www.redhat.comRHSA-2002:020http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-020.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
www.iss.netgnu-ncurses-window-bo(8222)http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8222.phpvdb-entryx_refsource_XF