CVE-2002-1896
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.
02 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.
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
- 1.58% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 75.1% 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
- 2005-06-28 04:00Z21 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-17 03:38Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2005-06-28
- 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
- dac356c3c4817ba71feac5433736749309ad59ec9087b8345e17e64072dd7067
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com5767http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5767
- alsaplayer.orghttp://alsaplayer.org/changelog.php3
- www.iss.netalsaplayer-command-line-bo(10157)http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10157.php
- lists.grok.org.uk20020920 Alsasound local b0f (not an issue if not setuid root)http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2002-September/001730.html
- cvs.sourceforge.nethttp://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/alsaplayer/alsaplayer/app/Main.cpp.diff?r1=1.66&r2=1.67
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- alsaplayer Fixed in 0.99.72-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- alsaplayer Fixed in 0.99.72-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- alsaplayer Fixed in 0.99.72-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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