CVE-2002-1616: HP TRU64

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 3.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Multiple buffer overflows in HP Tru64 UNIX 5.1a, 5.1, 5.0a, 4.0g, and 4.0f allow local users to gain root privileges via (1) su, (2) chsh, (3) passwd, (4) chfn, (5) dxchpwd, and (6) libc.

Affected products

• HP TRU64: version 4.0f only; version 4.0g only; version 5.0a only; version 5.1 only; version 5.1af only

Published 2002-08-01. Last modified 2026-06-16.