CVE-2002-0819: Artsd

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Format string vulnerability in artsd, when called by artswrapper, allows local users to gain privileges via format strings in the -a argument, which results in an error message that is not properly handled in a call to the arts_fatal function.

Affected products

• Artsd Artsd: any version

Published 2002-08-12. Last modified 2026-06-16.