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CVE-2002-1602

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-1602 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the Braille module of GNU screen version 3.9.11, specifically when the HAVE_BRAILLE option is enabled. This flaw allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code on the affected system. With a CVSS score of 4.6, this vulnerability is considered medium severity, requiring local access and low attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB, yet it has garnered minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
3.9.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:screen:3.9.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.9.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:screen:3.9.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.9.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:screen:3.9.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.9.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:screen:3.9.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.9.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:screen:3.9.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-21414 · Apr 23, 2002
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0126 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 3,048 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

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/8929
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/524227
US Government Resource
securityfocus.com / archive/1/268998
Exploit
securityfocus.com / bid/4578
Exploit