CVE-2002-1476 | BDVDB-2026-7008 Detail

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Buffer overflow in setlocale in libc on NetBSD 1.4.x through 1.6, and possibly other operating systems, when called with the LC_ALL category, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code via a user-controlled locale string that has more than 6 elements, which exceeds the boundaries of the new_categories category array, as exploitable through programs such as xterm and zsh.

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History#

1. Version 12004-09-01Record published in the CVE List.
2. Version 22024-08-08Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.