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CVE-2002-1215

27
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-1215 describes multiple format string vulnerabilities, sometimes misidentified as buffer overflows, affecting Linux-HA Heartbeat versions 0.4.9 and earlier. These flaws allow unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending specially crafted packets to UDP port 694. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is critically severe, enabling complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. Despite its age and high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.4.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linux-ha:heartbeat:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
6.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0633 is in the 88th 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 (1)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

References

distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
linux-ha.org / security/sec01.txt
debian.org / security/2002/dsa-174
PatchVendor Advisory
iss.net / security_center/static/10357.php
Vendor Advisory
novell.com / linux/security/advisories/2002_037_heartbeat.html
securityfocus.com / bid/5955
PatchVendor Advisory