CVE-2002-0506
Status: ModifiedHigh (7.2)—
Severity7.2High · CVSS 2.0
Exploitation probability0.49 %higher than 41% of CVEs
Active exploitationNonot in the CISA catalog
Public exploitNot knownno public code found
Buffer overflow in newt.c of newt windowing library (libnewt) 0.50.33 and earlier may allow attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code in setuid programs that use libnewt.
CVSS
- Base score
- 7.2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- 0.49 %
- Percentile among all scored CVEs
- 41
- Score date
- 10/20/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- NVD-CWE-Other
References
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