CVE-2002-0125 — Buffer overflow in ClanLib library 0.5 may allow local users to execute arbitrary code in games that use the library, such as (1) Super Methane Brothers, (2) Star War, (3) Kwirk, (4) Clankanoid, and others, via a long HOME environment variable

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Buffer overflow in ClanLib library 0.5 may allow local users to execute arbitrary code in games that use the library, such as (1) Super Methane Brothers, (2) Star War, (3) Kwirk, (4) Clankanoid, and others, via a long HOME environment variable

Published Mar 15, 2002

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.46%

Description

Buffer overflow in ClanLib library 0.5 may allow local users to execute arbitrary code in games that use the library, such as (1) Super Methane Brothers, (2) Star War, (3) Kwirk, (4) Clankanoid, and others, via a long HOME environment variable.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.46% 0.00460

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00460

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.46% (0.00460)	37.59th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.46% (0.00460)	36.22th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.06% (0.00058)	15.21th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.59% (0.01592)	75.48th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Mar 4, 2023	1.59% (0.01592)	75.48th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.59% (0.01592)	73.48th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.59% (0.01592)	52.35th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (3)

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/250414
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQVendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7905.php
vdb-entryx_refsource_XFVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3877
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Link	Providers	Tags
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/250414		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQVendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7905.php		vdb-entryx_refsource_XFVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3877		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 15, 2002

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Mar 15, 2002

Link CVE-2002-0125

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2002-0125

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2002-0125