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CVE-2002-0384

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0384 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Jabber plug-in for Gaim client versions prior to 0.58. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems. With a CVSS score of 7.5, it represents a high severity risk, indicating that an unauthenticated attacker could exploit this over a network with low complexity to achieve partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While no public exploit intelligence like Metasploit modules or ExploitDB entries are available, and there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion, the potential for remote code execution warrants attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.51CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.52CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.53CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.53:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.54CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.54:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.55CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:rob_flynn:gaim:0.55:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.61%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0461 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 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 (5)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Powertools 7.0
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2002-0384

security flaw

May 21, 2002

References

frontal2.mandriva.com / security/advisories
online.securityfocus.com / advisories/4358
iss.net / security_center/static/9766.php
Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 3729
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2002-098.html
PatchVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2002-107.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2002-122.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2003-156.html
securityfocus.com / bid/5406
PatchVendor Advisory