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CVE-2002-0184 is a locally exploitable heap-based buffer overflow in Sudo before version 1.6.6. The flaw is caused by an off-by-one error in the handling and expansion of special characters supplied to the -p prompt argument. Because the expanded prompt length is not calculated correctly before memory allocation, Sudo can allocate an undersized heap buffer and then write past its boundary during prompt processing. Successful exploitation can corrupt heap memory in the Sudo process, which runs with elevated privileges, and may allow a local user to gain root privileges.
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A vulnerability caused by improper expansion of special characters in an argument, leading to buffer sizing issues.
A cited historical CVE mentioned as an example in discussion of off-by-one errors; the content says it is more like a length calculation error.
A vulnerability caused by improper expansion of special characters in arguments, leading to incorrect buffer sizing and overflow conditions.
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