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CVE-2002-0272

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0272 describes buffer overflow vulnerabilities in mpg321 versions prior to 0.2.9. These flaws allow local or potentially remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by providing an excessively long URL through command-line options, HTTP requests, or FTP requests. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is critical, indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mpg321:mpg321:0.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mpg321:mpg321:0.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:mpg321:mpg321:0.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0548 is in the 86th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2002-0272

security flaw

Feb 12, 2002

References

marc.info
marc.info
sourceforge.net / project/shownotes.php
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/4091