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CVE-2002-2098

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-2098 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in axspawn.c within Axspawn-pam versions prior to 0.2.1a. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by sending specially crafted large packets to the affected system. With a CVSS score of 7.5, this vulnerability is considered high severity, indicating a low attack complexity and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.2.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:axspawn:axspawn:0.2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
3.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0335 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

securitytracker.com / id
Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/7974
dabo.de / software/axspawn.html
Patch
securityfocus.com / bid/3824
Patch