CVE-2002-0844 Integer overflow in n/a
High 7.8
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2002-0844 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2002-0844 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Sep 2004. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0844 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-0844/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-0844/index.md)
Local attackers can execute arbitrary code via an off-by-one overflow in the CVS rcs.c PreservePermissions function.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2002-0844?
CVE-2002-0844 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Sep 2004. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-193
Which versions are affected by CVE-2002-0844?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Distrotech Cvs.
How do I fix CVE-2002-0844?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2002-0844 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2002-0844 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2002-0844, GHSA-g4rc-px2p-4hv3.