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CVE-2002-2226

71
FAUCET Score

CVE-2002-2226 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the tftpd component of TFTP32 versions 2.21 and earlier. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems by supplying an excessively long filename argument. With a CVSS score of 7.5 and an EPSS percentile of 0.78358, indicating a high likelihood of exploitation, this vulnerability poses a significant risk. Exploit code is publicly available, including Metasploit modules and entries in ExploitDB, confirming its exploitability. Despite the availability of exploits, there is no indication of active exploitation in the wild, nor has it garnered significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.21CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:tftpd32:tftpd32:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
63.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: TFTPD32 Long Filename Buffer Overflow · Nov 19, 2002
ExploitDB: EDB-16349 · Sep 20, 2010
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.6348 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 51,466 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

securityreason.com / securityalert/3160
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/10647
tftpd32.jounin.net
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/632633
US Government Resource
securiteam.com / windowsntfocus/6C00C2061A.html
Exploit
securityfocus.com / archive/1/300395
securityfocus.com / bid/6199
Exploit