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 scrolling."
Published:Feb 18, 2002
Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
EPS:Apr 2, 2003
EPSS Score:0.00194
CVSS Score:7.2
Affected Products
Vendor
Product
Action
Vendor
Debian
Product
Debian Linux
Debian
Debian Linux
Vendor
Freebsd
Product
Freebsd
Freebsd
Freebsd
Vendor
Gnu
Product
Ncurses
Gnu
Ncurses
Vendor
Redhat
Product
Linux
Redhat
Linux
Vendor
Suse
Product
Suse Linux
Suse
Suse Linux
Exploits
No exploit reference
Common Weakness Enumeration
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Related CVEs
References
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
Low
High
User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
Low
High
Integrity
None
Low
High
Availability
None
Low
High
