CVE-2002-1196 — editproducts.cgi in Bugzilla 2.14.x before 2.14.4, and 2.16.x before 2.16.1, when the "usebuggroups" feature is enabled and more than 47 groups are specified, does not properly calculate bit values for large numbers, which grants extra permissions to users via known features of Perl math that set multiple bits

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editproducts.cgi in Bugzilla 2.14.x before 2.14.4, and 2.16.x before 2.16.1, when the "usebuggroups" feature is enabled and more than 47 groups are specified, does not properly calculate bit values for large numbers, which grants extra permissions to users via known features of Perl math that set multiple bits

Published Sep 1, 2004

7.5

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.59%

Description

editproducts.cgi in Bugzilla 2.14.x before 2.14.4, and 2.16.x before 2.16.1, when the "usebuggroups" feature is enabled and more than 47 groups are specified, does not properly calculate bit values for large numbers, which grants extra permissions to users via known features of Perl math that set multiple bits.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.59% 0.01589

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

EPSS probability 0.01589

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 (10 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.59% (0.01589)	74.74th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.59% (0.01589)	72.38th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.46% (0.00455)	61.79th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.53% (0.00535)	77.94th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 9, 2024	0.53% (0.00535)	76.64th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	1.01% (0.01006)	81.35th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.02% (0.01018)	40.69th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	1.02% (0.01018)	38.88th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.02% (0.01018)	36.86th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.02% (0.01018)	19.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (5)

http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167485#c12
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103349804226566&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-173
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10233.php
vdb-entryx_refsource_XFVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5843
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Link	Providers	Tags
http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167485#c12		x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=103349804226566&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.debian.org/security/2002/dsa-173		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10233.php		vdb-entryx_refsource_XFVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5843		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 1, 2004

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Oct 9, 2002

Link CVE-2002-1196

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2002-1196

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2002-1196