CVE-2002-2023: Yamaguchi Shingo BEEP2

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The get_parameter_from_freqency_source function in beep2 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2, when installed setuid root, allows local users to read arbitrary files via unknown attack vectors.

Affected products

• Yamaguchi Shingo BEEP2: version 1.0 only; version 1.0a only; version 1.1 only; version 1.2 only

Published 2002-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.