Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 2002· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-2002-1789
CVE-2002-1789
Description
Format string vulnerability in newsx NNTP client before 1.4.8 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers that are not properly handled in a call to the syslog function.
Affected products
1Patches
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