01 Record
CVE-2002-0175
libsafe 2.0-11 and earlier allows attackers to bypass protection against format string vulnerabilities via format strings that use the "'" and "I" characters, which are implemented in libc but not
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
libsafe 2.0-11 and earlier allows attackers to bypass protection against format string vulnerabilities via format strings that use the "'" and "I" characters, which are implemented in libc but not
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
- 0.46% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 40.1% 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 2026-06-16.
- 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
- 2002-06-25 04:00Z24 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 02:42Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2002-04-15
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 3b09d410836af45b4264de66662577e559c53327c7c9c097a41f4d8695fe1188
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.iss.netlibsafe-flagchar-protection-bypass(8593)http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8593.php
- archives.neohapsis.com20020320 [VulnWatch] Bypassing libsafe format string protectionhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q1/0070.html
- online.securityfocus.com20020320 Bypassing libsafe format string protectionhttp://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/263121
- www.securityfocus.com4326http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4326
- www.linux-mandrake.comMDKSA-2002:026http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-026.php