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CVE-2002-0506

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 2002-08-12 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in newt.c of newt windowing library (libnewt) 0.50.33 and earlier may allow attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code in setuid programs that use libnewt.

Affected Platforms

Redhat Linux

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References