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CVE-2002-0176
The printf wrappers in libsafe 2.0-11 and earlier do not properly handle argument indexing specifiers, which could allow attackers to…
Medium4.6EPSS 0.47%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The printf wrappers in libsafe 2.0-11 and earlier do not properly handle argument indexing specifiers, which could allow attackers to exploit certain function calls through arguments that are not verified by libsafe.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 2 months later
· 2 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 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.47% · top 59% 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: Medium 4.6.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- 20020320 [VulnWatch] Bypassing libsafe format string protection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCHx_transferred
- libsafe-argnum-protection-bypass(8594) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 20020320 Bypassing libsafe format string protection (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 4327 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MDKSA-2002:026 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_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)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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