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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 8, 2002· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2002-0062

CVE-2002-0062

Description

Buffer overflow in ncurses 5.0, and the ncurses4 compatibility package as used in Red Hat Linux, allows local users to gain privileges, related to "routines for moving the physical cursor and scrolling."

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Affected products

29
  • GNU/Ncurses
    cpe:2.3:a:gnu:ncurses:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Range: <5.0
  • Debian/linux6 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:68k:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:68k:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:arm:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:ia-32:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:powerpc:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
  • FreeBSD/FreeBSD10 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 9 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:3.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Red Hat/Linux8 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.1:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.1:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.1:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.1:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.0:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.0:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.1:*:alpha:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.1:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:7.2:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
  • SUSE S.A./Linux3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:suse:suse_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • ncurses/ncursesllm-fuzzy
    Range: = 5.0

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