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CVE-2002-0844

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-0844 describes an off-by-one overflow vulnerability in the CVS PreservePermissions function within rcs.c, affecting CVSD versions prior to 1.11.2, specifically distrotech cvs. This flaw allows local users to execute arbitrary code with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as indicated by its CVSS v3.1 score of 7.8 (High). Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 1.11.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:distrotech:cvs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.65%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
47.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0065 is in the 85th percentile among its peer group of 16,994 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 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 Enterprise Linux 3Fixed in: cvs-0:1.11.2-14
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2002-0844Low

security flaw

May 25, 2002

References

ftp.caldera.com / pub/security/OpenLinux/CSSA-2002-035.0.txt
Broken LinkPatchVendor Advisory
patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/20040103-01-U.asc
Broken Link
archives.neohapsis.com / archives/vulnwatch/2002-q2/0081.html
Broken LinkExploitPatchVendor Advisory
marc.info
Mailing List
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/9175
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2004-004.html
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / bid/4829
Broken LinkPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB EntryVendor Advisory