CVE-2002-0184

highpriority · track · 41EPSS 0.012 · 68 %ileexploit · functionalEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

1.20% (68th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

6 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

3 sources

enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

Sudo before 1.6.6 contains an off-by-one error that can result in a heap-based buffer overflow that may allow local users to gain root privileges via special characters in the -p (prompt) argument, which are not properly expanded.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v3.17.8highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Csecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.4highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-131USprimaryCWE-131US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-21420Sudo 1.6.x - Password Prompt Heap Overflowfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ 7fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ 7.2fstec_bduRU
Red Hat Inc. Red Hat Enterprise Linux≤ 7.1fstec_bduRU
debian debian linux= 2.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sudo project sudo< 1.6.6nvdUScpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (4)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd fstec_bdu nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2002-05-16modified 2026-06-16

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references (28)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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