LOW
Buffer overflow in mtr 0.46 and earlier, when installed setuid root, allows local users to access a raw socket via a long MTR_OPTIONS environment variable
Published Apr 2, 2003
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.50%
Description
Buffer overflow in mtr 0.46 and earlier, when installed setuid root, allows local users to access a raw socket via a long MTR_OPTIONS environment variable.
Affected products
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 is not vulnerable to this issue as it contains a backported patch.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
2.1 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.50% 0.00501
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00501
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 | 0.50% (0.00501) | 40.65th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.50% (0.00501) | 38.69th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.15% (0.00151) | 33.11th | 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 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (7)
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-03/0048.html mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-124 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8367.php vdb-entryx_refsource_XFPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4217 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2002-0497 Vendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0497
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-0497
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2002-03/0048.html | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-124 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/8367.php | vdb-entryx_refsource_XFPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4217 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2002-0497 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2002-0497 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2002-0497 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Apr 2, 2003
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Jun 7, 2002
Link CVE-2002-0497
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a