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CVE-2002-0844
Off-by-one overflow in the CVS PreservePermissions of rcs.c for CVSD before 1.11.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code.
High7.8EPSS 0.65%
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- mitre
Description
Off-by-one overflow in the CVS PreservePermissions of rcs.c for CVSD before 1.11.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.65% · top 49% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- RHSA-2004:004 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20020525 [DER ADV#8] - Local off by one in CVSD (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_VULNWATCHx_transferred
- cvs-rcs-offbyone-bo(9175) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 4829 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20020525 [DER ADV#8] - Local off by one in CVSD (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .