VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2002-0184

CVSS score7.8 HIGH
EPSS probability1.20%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2002-05-16
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-131: Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size

Primary references