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CVE-2002-0003
Buffer overflow in the preprocessor in groff 1.16 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain privileges via lpd in the LPRng printing…
High7.5EPSS 1.8%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Buffer overflow in the preprocessor in groff 1.16 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain privileges via lpd in the LPRng printing system.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 6 months later
· 6 months later
Published
- 22 years later
· 22 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.8% · top 21% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- MDKSA-2002:012 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- HPSBTL0201-014 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
- linux-groff-preprocessor-bo(7881) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- RHSA-2002:004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 3869 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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