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CVE-2002-0499
The d_path function in Linux kernel 2.2.20 and earlier, and 2.4.18 and earlier, truncates long pathnames without generating an error,…
Low2.1EPSS 0.97%
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Description
The d_path function in Linux kernel 2.2.20 and earlier, and 2.4.18 and earlier, truncates long pathnames without generating an error, which could allow local users to force programs to perform inappropriate operations on the wrong directories.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 4 days later
· 4 days 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 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.97% · top 38% 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: Low 2.1.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- 20020326 [VulnWatch] d_path() truncating excessive long path name vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCHx_transferred
- linux-dpath-truncate-path(8634) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 4367 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.cs.helsinki.fi/linux/linux-kernel/2002-13/0054.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20020326 d_path() truncating excessive long path name vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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