CVE-2002-2099

HIGH 7.2CVE-2002-2099 · Published 31/12/2002 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2002-2099 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability affecting data display debugger (gnu).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.58%, higher than 48.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
data display debugger gnu	`= 3.3.1`	No fix yet

Description

Buffer overflow in the GNU DataDisplay Debugger (DDD) 3.3.1 allows local users to execute arbitrary code and possibly gain privileges via a long HOME environment variable. NOTE: since DDD is not installed setuid or setgid, perhaps this issue should not be included in CVE.

References

securitytracker.com/id · Exploit
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7979

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