CVE-2002-1129 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the dxterm utility, affecting Compaq and Digital OSF/1 and Tru64 operating systems. This flaw allows a local attacker to execute arbitrary code by supplying an excessively long -xrm argument. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is considered high severity due to its low attack complexity and complete impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on CISA's KEV catalog or showing active exploitation, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0fCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:4.0f:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0f_pk6_bl17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:4.0f_pk6_bl17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0f_pk7_bl18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:4.0f_pk7_bl18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0gCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:4.0g:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0g_pk3_bl17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:4.0g_pk3_bl17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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