Buffer overflow in typespeed 0.4.2 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via long input.
Priority LOW 21Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · Partial · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
Buffer overflow in typespeed 0.4.2 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via long input.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00378 31st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2002-1389
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-xcgq-fw72-gpjp
References
Patch 1
More Typespeed vulnerabilities
- TI-2006-01467 Buffer overflow in the addnewword function in typespeed 0.4.4 and earlier might allow… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2003-00410 Buffer overflow in net_swapscore for typespeed 0.4.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2007-05935 typespeed before 0.6.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
- TI-2005-00090 Unknown vulnerability in typespeed 0.4.1 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges. CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 4.6
Sources
- CVE-2002-1389 · CVE Program
- CVE-2002-1389 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-xcgq-fw72-gpjp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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