CVE-2002-2099: GNU Data Display Debugger

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• GNU Data Display Debugger: version 3.3.1 only

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