CVE-2002-1896

Description

Buffer overflow in Alsaplayer 0.99.71, when installed setuid root, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) -f or (2) -o command line argument.

How to fix CVE-2002-1896

To remediate CVE-2002-1896, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

• Debian/alsaplayer—upgrade to 0.99.72-1 or later

Is CVE-2002-1896 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 1.6%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (1)

• from 0, < 0.99.72-1

References (1)

• ADVISORYsecurity-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-1896