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CVE-2002-1225

26
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-1225 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in Heimdal versions prior to 0.5, potentially affecting both the kadmind and kdc servers. This critical flaw allows remote attackers to achieve root access due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the vulnerability is severe with a CVSS score of 10.0, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. Community discussion is minimal, with only one mention found.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.3eCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kth:heimdal:0.3e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.4aCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kth:heimdal:0.4a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.4bCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kth:heimdal:0.4b:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.4cCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kth:heimdal:0.4c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.4dCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:kth:heimdal:0.4d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
4.55%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0455 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 51,455 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

marc.info
marc.info
debian.org / security/2002/dsa-178
PatchVendor Advisory
iss.net / security_center/static/10116.php
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/5729
PatchVendor Advisory