CVEvulnerability

CVE-2002-0184

7.8 HIGH Published 2002-05-16 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2002-05-16
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-131

Description

Sudo before 1.6.6 contains an off-by-one error that can result in a heap-based buffer overflow that may allow local users to gain root privileges via special characters in the -p (prompt) argument, which are not properly expanded.

Affected configurations

• sudo project sudo (< 1.6.6) • debian debian linux 2.2

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-131 Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-131 Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size weakness

References