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CVE-2002-1277

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-1277 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in Window Maker (wmaker) versions 0.80.0 and earlier. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by exploiting improper handling of image file width and height information during buffer allocation. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered high severity, indicating potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity and no authentication required. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.20.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:windowmaker:windowmaker:0.20.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.52.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:windowmaker:windowmaker:0.52.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.53CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:windowmaker:windowmaker:0.53:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.61CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:windowmaker:windowmaker:0.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.61.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:windowmaker:windowmaker:0.61.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.5HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.64%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0464 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 51,485 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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 (9)

debianpatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 6.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.1
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 7.3
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux 8.0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2002-1277Moderate

security flaw

Nov 7, 2002

References

distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
debian.org / security/2002/dsa-190
PatchVendor Advisory
iss.net / security_center/static/10560.php
Vendor Advisory
linux-mandrake.com / en/security/2002/MDKSA-2002-085.php
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2003-009.html
PatchVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2003-043.html
securityfocus.com / bid/6119
PatchVendor Advisory