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Vulnerability record · CVE-2002-1896 · published 31 December 2002

CVE-2002-1896: Alsaplayer vulnerability

AAlsaplayer · Alsaplayer

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.

7.2 CVSS 2.0 High EPSS 1.6% · top 25.4%
7.2CVSS 2.0 base score
1.6%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
10References, 2 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://alsaplayer.org/changelog.php3 Patch
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/alsaplayer/alsaplayer/app/Main.cpp.diff?r1=1.66&r2=1.67 Patch
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2002-September/001730.html Patch
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10157.php Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5767 ExploitPatch
http://alsaplayer.org/changelog.php3 Patch
http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/alsaplayer/alsaplayer/app/Main.cpp.diff?r1=1.66&r2=1.67 Patch
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2002-September/001730.html Patch
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10157.php Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/5767 ExploitPatch

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Related vulnerabilities

Same products first, then exploited flaws of the same weakness class.

6.8CVE-2007-5301Alsaplayer memory buffer overflow vulnerabilityBuffer overflow in the vorbis_stream_info function in input/vorbis/vorbis_engine.c (aka the vorbis input plugin) in AlsaPlayer before 0.99.80-rc3 all…EPSS 10%

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2002-1896), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.