CVE-2002-1605
HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 13.3%EU EUVD
Buffer overflow in HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1a, 5.1, 5.0a, 4.0g, and 4.0f allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long _XKB_CHARSET environment variable to (1) dxpause, (2) dxconsole, or (3) dtsession.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.5 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- EPSS score
- 13.3% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2002-1586)
- Published
- September 2, 2002
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2002-1586 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 8, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- hp / hp-ux
- hp / hp-ux
- hp / hp-ux
- hp / hp-ux
- hp / hp-ux
- hp / tru64
- hp / tru64
- hp / tru64
- hp / tru64
- hp / tru64
Certified products that may be affected
1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Hewlett-Packard Tru64 UNIX V5.1A - Hewlett-Packard Company - Common Criteria CRP199 - archived
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2002-q3/1203.html
- http://wwss1pro.compaq.com/support/reference_library/viewdocument.asp?source=SRB0039W.xml&dt=11
- http://www.blacksheepnetworks.com/security/hack/tru64/TRU64_xkb.txt(Exploit)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/569987(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/584243(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/693803(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/290115
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10016
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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