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CVE-2002-0601

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0601 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting ISS RealSecure Network Sensor versions 5.x through 6.5. Remote attackers can crash the sensor by sending malformed DHCP packets, leading to a null pointer dereference. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with a low attack complexity and no authentication required, but only impacts availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.0_xpu_3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:information_security_systems:realsecure_network_sensor:5.0_xpu_3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5.1_xpu_3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:information_security_systems:realsecure_network_sensor:5.5.1_xpu_3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5.2_xpu_3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:information_security_systems:realsecure_network_sensor:5.5.2_xpu_3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.5_xpu_3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:information_security_systems:realsecure_network_sensor:5.5_xpu_3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0_xpu_3.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:information_security_systems:realsecure_network_sensor:6.0_xpu_3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0247 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 23,690 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

archives.neohapsis.com / archives/bugtraq/2002-04/0420.html
Vendor Advisory
iss.net / security_center/alerts/advise116.php
Vendor Advisory
iss.net / security_center/static/8961.php
osvdb.org / 5165
securityfocus.com / bid/4649
PatchVendor Advisory