CVE-2002-2002 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the libc library affecting Compaq Tru64 versions 4.0F, 5.0, 5.1, and 5.1A. Attackers can exploit this by providing excessively long LANG or LOCPATH environment variables, leading to arbitrary code execution. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered highly severe, allowing unauthenticated network attackers to achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation or public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion with 20 mentions, indicating some level of awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0fCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:4.0f:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1aCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:compaq:tru64:5.1a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.