CVE-2002-0844
Off-by-one overflow in the CVS PreservePermissions of rcs.c for CVSD before 1.11.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code.
02 Description
Off-by-one overflow in the CVS PreservePermissions of rcs.c for CVSD before 1.11.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code.
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
- 0.65% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 50.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
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
- 2004-09-01 04:00Z22 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 03:03Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2002-08-09
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-193Off-by-one ErrorBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 83618042618fc2f4ddfc295906e1fddbd824192fd28a4c5f002b443f830dfff4
05 Affected products
06 References
- patches.sgi.com20040103-01-Uftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20040103-01-U.asc
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2004:004http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-004.html
- ftp.caldera.comCSSA-2002-035.0ftp://ftp.caldera.com/pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-035.0.txt
- archives.neohapsis.com20020525 [DER ADV#8] - Local off by one in CVSDhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0081.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comcvs-rcs-offbyone-bo(9175)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9175
- www.securityfocus.com4829http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4829
- marc.info20020525 [DER ADV#8] - Local off by one in CVSDhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=102233767925177&w=2
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- cvs Fixed in 1:1.11.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- cvs Fixed in 1:1.11.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- cvs Fixed in 1:1.11.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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