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CVE-2002-1377

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-1377 describes a vulnerability in Vim versions 6.0 and 6.1, and potentially others, where arbitrary commands can be executed via the libcall feature within modelines. This flaw allows an attacker to execute malicious code if a user opens a specially crafted file, as demonstrated with mutt. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6, indicating a low severity with local access required and low attack complexity, leading to potential partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. 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:a:vim_development_group:vim:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:vim_development_group:vim:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
38.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0047 is in the 72nd percentile among its peer group of 3,048 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (8)

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-2002-1377Important

security flaw

Dec 12, 2002

References

distro.conectiva.com.br / atualizacoes
lists.grok.org.uk / pipermail/full-disclosure/2002-December/002948.html
marc.info
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/10835
sunsolve.sun.com / pub-cgi/retrieve.pl
guninski.com / vim1.html
PatchVendor Advisory
mandrakesoft.com / security/advisories
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2002-297.html
PatchVendor Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2002-302.html
securityfocus.com / bid/6384