First published: Fri Mar 15 2002(Updated: )
Buffer overflow in Chinput 3.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a long HOME environment variable.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Microsoft Input Method Editor (IME) | =3.0 |
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CVE-2002-0132 is a high severity vulnerability due to its potential to allow local users to execute arbitrary code.
To fix CVE-2002-0132, you should update Chinput to the latest version or set the HOME environment variable to a shorter length.
Local users of Chinput version 3.0 are affected by CVE-2002-0132.
CVE-2002-0132 is a buffer overflow vulnerability.
CVE-2002-0132 cannot be exploited remotely; it requires local access to the system.