CVE-2002-1633 — Multiple buffer overflows in QNX 4.25 may allow local users to execute arbitrary code via long command line arguments to (1) sample, (2) ex, (3) du, (4) find, (5) lex, (6) mkdir, (7) rm, (8) serserv, (9) tcpserv, (10) termdef, (11) time, (12) unzip, (13) use, (14) wcc, (15) wcc386, (16) wd, (17) wdisasm, (18) which, (19) wlib, (20) wlink, (21) wpp, (22) wpp386, (23) wprof, (24) write, or (25) wstrip

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Multiple buffer overflows in QNX 4.25 may allow local users to execute arbitrary code via long command line arguments to (1) sample, (2) ex, (3) du, (4) find, (5) lex, (6) mkdir, (7) rm, (8) serserv, (9) tcpserv, (10) termdef, (11) time, (12) unzip, (13) use, (14) wcc, (15) wcc386, (16) wd, (17) wdisasm, (18) which, (19) wlib, (20) wlink, (21) wpp, (22) wpp386, (23) wprof, (24) write, or (25) wstrip

Published Mar 26, 2005

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.62%

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in QNX 4.25 may allow local users to execute arbitrary code via long command line arguments to (1) sample, (2) ex, (3) du, (4) find, (5) lex, (6) mkdir, (7) rm, (8) serserv, (9) tcpserv, (10) termdef, (11) time, (12) unzip, (13) use, (14) wcc, (15) wcc386, (16) wd, (17) wdisasm, (18) which, (19) wlib, (20) wlink, (21) wpp, (22) wpp386, (23) wprof, (24) write, or (25) wstrip.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.62% 0.00616

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

EPSS probability 0.00616

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 (12 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.62% (0.00616)	47.59th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.62% (0.00616)	44.61th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.12% (0.00123)	28.92th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00043)	11.56th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 7, 2024	0.05% (0.00046)	16.02th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 2, 2024	0.05% (0.00046)	14.00th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 16, 2023	0.05% (0.00053)	19.41th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00044)	10.57th	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 (4)

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/879386
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276553
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5000
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9341
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/879386		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/276553		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQExploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5000		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/9341		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 26, 2005

Updated Aug 8, 2024

Reserved Mar 26, 2005

Link CVE-2002-1633

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2002-1633

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2002-1633