Vulnerability Report

CVE-2002-0062

Title: ncurses buffer overflow local privilege escalation

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2002-0062.

CWE Category CWE-120

Published Date Mar 08, 2002

Modified Date Jul 23, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.49%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2002-0062: 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."

Impacted Vendors

ncurses_project 1

invisible-island 1

gnu 1

Reference Links

http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-113 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8222.php http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-020.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2116 http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-113 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8222.php http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2002-020.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2116

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.2

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2002-0062 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

July 23, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

March 08, 2002 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.