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CVE-2002-1046

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-1046 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Watchguard Firebox firmware 5.x.x, specifically within its Dynamic VPN Configuration Protocol (DVCP) service. An unauthenticated remote attacker can crash the device by sending a specially crafted packet containing tab characters to TCP port 4110. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, with low attack complexity and no authentication required, leading to a partial availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:watchguard:firebox:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.28CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:watchguard:soho_firewall:5.0.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.29CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:watchguard:soho_firewall:5.0.29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.31CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:watchguard:soho_firewall:5.0.31:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0.35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:watchguard:soho_firewall:5.0.35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.74%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
75.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0174 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 23,701 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, 0.0 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/vulnwatch/2002-q3/0012.html
iss.net / security_center/static/9509.php
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/5186
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory